Is Obama Really Abandoning the Public Option?

AOL is reporting that the administration is caving on the public option. There can be NO REAL REFORM without it. Co-ops are going to be too small and powerless to really compete with the huge insurance companies. Therefore the status quo is pretty much maintained, the corporations win, and real people lose. If you want to see what the real situation in this country with regard to health care looks like, check out Truthout.org's report on what happened in Inglewood when a British doctor offered free health care. Thousands of people came to wait in line for hours just to get basic care such as dental work and mammograms. The same thing happened in other states when this was offered. People are desperate for help, yet the lies being perpetuated by the special interests who have everything to lose if real reform is passed, are all that is getting press coverage. Those showing up at these rallies are in most cases acting against their own interests. As for those who have Medicare, don't they understand THAT is a public option which works well for seniors. The same is true of the VA. We need MEDICARE FOR ALL NOW.