Is Co-Op just Public Health Care by Another Name?

It seems the Obama administration might be a little more concerned with the opinions of the majority of the country than he has let on when we say we do not want public healthcare.  Because of his arroagance and refusal to answer point blank questions at stacked townhall meetings, people are starting to see through his facade.  It still amazes me that he thinks we are so stupid we do not know he screens the people that attend his meetings. He has to be the absolute biggest lily-livered President in history.  He doesn’t have the patience, intelligence or courage to answer tough questions from those who oppose him.

So the new term being thrown around is Co-Op’s. Generally Co-Op’s are non-profit. They are defined as “an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise”.

However, according to Peter Johnson, Jr from Fox & Friends, this is just a “quasi” public option.  And when it comes to who receives services, there is a cost benefit analysis. This means there is a formula that takes into account the cost of the procedure and the age of the patient, and then determines if the procedure is beneficial.

Peter also stated co-ops use certain code language that talks about QALYS. This is an acronym for Quality Adjusted Life Years.  It is used in assessing the value for money of a medical intervention.

So it sounds like you still have a “panel” dictating if you are worthy of a procedure. I bet we have the exact same 1000 page bill, but replace the word ‘public option’ with ‘co-op’.

And according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Co-Ops are a public option. In July he stated a system of nonprofit cooperatives could pass as a “public option,” or government-run health care, depending on how they are set up.  “We’re going to have some type of public option, call it ‘co-op’, call it what you want.

Maybe this is what the administration wanted all along. So they pushed the public option and ticked everybody off, and now are seemingly stepping back saying they will compromise with co-ops, when that was their plan the entire time. Because nothing is clear or transparent about this administration. It’s a guessing game.