Media followers of any political flavor know that, in the effort for the media to stake their claim on the news of the day, a buzzword has to be created. Within the scope of legislative debate on healthcare reform, that buzzword is “public option”, the so-called modicum of increased government-influenced guaranteed care access^[1] (and private insurer competitor) for the un- and underinsured. At the start of another weekly news cycle on Capitol Hill, the issue is only getting more incendiary … so much so that newly annointed HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has taken to the airwaves to discuss its necessity.

What makes debate around this topic so unique is that it appears to have overtaken the entire healthcare policy discussion these days — as if the entire universe of healthcare delivery hinges on its complete agreement by its opposing factions. If only it were that easy. Perhaps more discussion is needed to address the apparent unraveling of any semblance of bipartisan cooperation as we begin the dog days of summer. | LINK

1. Conservatives call it socialized medicine, and liberals denote it as a progressive solution essential to reform. [↩]

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