On 2/7/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 7, 2007, at 3:06 PM, Auguste Blanqui wrote:
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> > Can anyone explain what exactly Stern's position is?
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> Here's what he said in the July 2006 op-ed in the WSJ <http://
> mailman.lbo-talk.org/2006/2006-July/013675.html>:
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> > A new national policy framework is the easy part. There seems to be
> > broad consensus that we need a universal system that provides
> > affordable coverage, choice of doctors and insurance plans, core
> > benefits, and shared financing among employers, employees and
> > government. There are a couple of thousand position papers out there
> > to choose from. The problem isn't policy, it's leadership. And I
> > don't mean Washington, D.C. The political class in both parties is
> > full of words and bereft of action. They are not going to provide the
> > answers until they are forced to. That force must come from the
> > business community.
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> Hey, there are lots of ideas out there - he doesn't want to embrace
> just one.
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> The last sentence is so depressing. The leader of what's supposed to
> be the most dynamic union in the U.S. says it's all up to business.
>
> Doug
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