POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: TWO HEALTH CARE DEBATES. We've got two health care-related pieces up, both meant to provoke responses. Our own Paul Starr, bucking the early liberal take regarding the president's State of the Union health care proposals, makes the long-term progressive case for supporting Bush's plan. Be sure to take a look.
Meanwhile, Ezra kicks off an ongoing exchange among progressive health care thinkers concerning what, exactly, their bottom-line, non-negotiable requirements for a comprehensive health care plan ought to be. What can be compromised, and what are the lines that can't be crossed?
--The Editors