Cooper Supports Public Option?

Apparently, the dynamics of the health care have changed quite a bit in the past couple months, because whereas before the "public option" was a deal killer that would make it a partisan bill which would hamper the success of any health care reform legislation. Now, it appears that Rep. Cooper thinks we should support a public option, and that he supports Sen. Schumer's plan that has no "trigger" in it, which makes the plan go into effect only if private insurance companies aren't meeting the needs of the public.



Whether his change of heart is due to the pressure put on him by Change To Win, the SEIU backed group pushing for health care reform, or the President's office...I'm glad that Rep. Cooper is embracing the more progressive avenues towards health care reform. The notion that just because Republicans won't support a public option, means it won't work, doesn't really hold water. After all, Republicans as a whole hate welfare, but when one is hard on his or her luck, they generally have to problems taking that Government check. Likewise, if the public health insurance plan is cheaper and better than a private plan, I doubt their ideological scruples will get in the way of them buying into the plan.