Republicans and Tea Party activists have made the strongest ideological case against President Obama’s health care law. Now, some Democrats are leveling their own complaints, focused on the politics of the debate. US Representative Barney Frank, the liberal stalwart from Newton who is retiring next year, has helped fuel the criticism by arguing that it was a mistake for the president to push the health care bill before overhauling the financial system and that Democrats paid a high price when they lost the House in the 2010 mid-term elections.
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Barney Frank wants a single payer system, claimed this bill was a back door to a single payer system.
Time to be quiet, Barney. 20/20 hindsight and all that.
There are many reasons why it was a bad idea to force this bill on the American people, yet the congressman seems only concerned about the political costs to his party. It is a very bad piece of legislation on many fronts, and will do tremendous damage if it is allowed to stand. The politics of it are hardly even worth mentioning.
Barney ... NOW you start talking sense?
It's a very good thing for all Americans that FDR did not follow a similar argument when he established Medicare. At that time, our economy was worse and political divisions ran high. I am disappointed in Barney Frank. Politicians must sometimes take a hit for doing the right thing, even if it costs them their jobs.
Social security? - Johnson did Medicare.
your whole career was one big error
Why is it "a very bad piece of legislation on many fronts?" How about some specifics? What sort of "damage"--or are you just mouthing the monotonous uninformed objections to assuring adequate health care for all Americans?
Unfortunately, because it appears that the Supreme Court will strike down significant portions of the Healthcare Act, various politicians are coming out of the closet, saying "I told you so." Too bad, and remember the Obama version wasn't even as radical as the Clinton one was twenty years ago. The cost of healthcare and the American philosophy of strict individualism will collide terribly over the coming decades, and ruin the economy.