Congress Struggles over How to Not Provide Health Care

. In a brilliantly written, hilarious article, The Onion --a website about which I know absolutely nothing-- describes the Health Care debate in Congress. There are quotes from members of Congress that are painfully funny, brilliant parodies. (I saw the initial reference to this post in Mano Singham's Blog: Mano Singham's Web Journal.) The whole thing is distilled in these four paragraphs:

WASHINGTON—After months of committee meetings and hundreds of hours of heated debate, the United States Congress remained deadlocked this week over the best possible way to deny Americans health care.

"Both parties understand that the current system is broken," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Monday. "But what we can't seem to agree upon is how to best keep it broken, while still ensuring that no elected official takes any political risk whatsoever. It’s a very complicated issue."

"Ultimately, though, it's our responsibility as lawmakers to put these differences aside and focus on refusing Americans the health care they deserve," Pelosi added. The legislative stalemate largely stems from competing ideologies deeply rooted along party lines. Democrats want to create a government-run system for not providing health care, while Republicans say coverage is best denied by allowing private insurers to make it unaffordable for as many citizens as possible.

The entire page is brilliant, and I urge you to read it! Arch, in a hurry