Iowa's Health Care Reform Debate - Here come the fear mongers...

Iowa's Democrats are trying to make some sense of health care, but you needn't worry, my Republican Party will screw it up. The fear mongers will emerge from their caves with home spun stories that create fear of the sky falling.

Iowa Democrats are supporting a measure that would require health insurance companies to justify rate increases or else suffer the consequences of rate cuts. How can you say no to this? But trust in the two-party political system to find a way. What will the Republican Party, my party, say is wrong with this idea? They will and we all know they will. Something has to be wrong with it even if it's just that the Democrats came up with the idea or legislative push to get something done. And this is what is wrong with politics in America. We are willing to listen to politicians who simply create fear and offer no real solutions to the problem.

Political debate in America should require two parts - the bitching part and the solution portion. You can criticize the idea on the table but only if you also offer a solution. Otherwise, shut up and sit down - we don't want to hear you.

It doesn't matter anymore that the country can prosper from an idea; if the other party comes out with the idea stories will be spun and arguments made that will stall the idea until America is so afraid that nothing gets done. And that's what is wrong with America, nothing is getting done. We are allowing fear mongers to rule us. It's about time we threw these fear mongers out of office.

And what is wrong with the Republican Party is exactly what they've been criticized for lately. It's a party with no ideas, no solutions, and just more rhetoric. They play the blame game and criticize every measure the other party comes up with but fall short of offering any real solutions. It's sickening and it's one of the things that are killing this economy.

This story is from the Chicago Sun Times and the AP. My hat is off to Dave Mittleman from Lansing, Michigan for sending me this story. 

The BCBS ad which is nothing more than a cute waste of money - a waste of health care dollars.