- Reject Health Care Cooperatives -- Trojan Horse for the Public Option

- Reject Health Care Cooperatives -- Trojan Horse for the Public Option: "It was just two weeks ago when I posted, “Oppose Obama's Stealth Government Takeover of Health Care,” which warned about the intention of President Obama and Democratic congressional leaders to get Congress to approve health care reform legislation with a “public option” that would put our nation on the path to a completely government-run health care system (See also our newly posted, 'Obama’s Orwellian Health Care Reform.'). Back then in mid-July it appeared that both the House and Senate would comply with the President’s strong request to pass health care reform bills with a public option before the August recess.

Nonetheless, during the past two weeks the wheels have begun to come off the health care reform juggernaut as grassroots opposition to the President’s proposal has grown rapidly. First, the Senate announced its committees needed more time to craft health care reform legislation and wouldn’t be considering a health care bill in the full Senate until September. Next, one of the House committees working on a health care bill, the Energy and Commerce Committee, has been prevented from finishing work on its bill by the opposition of Blue Dog Democrats."