Another Reason Why Democrats Want To Ram Healthcare Reform Through

As Steny Hoyer said, if congressmen actually read the bill, then nobody would vote for it. But you and I are the people who they really want to hide it from. Here's why.

Obama’s health care proposal is, in effect, the repeal of the Medicare program as we know it. The elderly will go from being the group with the most access to free medical care to the one with the least access. Indeed, the principal impact of the Obama health care program will be to reduce sharply the medical services the elderly can use. No longer will their every medical need be met, their every medication prescribed, their every need to improve their quality of life answered.

Mickey Kaus is worried and is wondering if the Republicans are saving this for a 2010 October (or September) surprise.