When are the sources going to explain how maintaining the status quo represents reform (updated)

[ProSense]

As previously reported by CNN senior congressional correspondent Dana Bash and CNN senior White House correspondent Ed Henry, the so-called trigger option remains very much on the table.

Under a 'trigger option', a new government-run health care plan would only go into effect if insurance companies fail to meet certain affordability standards with their own plans.

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Sources expect the president to emphasize the message: If Congress passes something now, it will serve as a foundation to pass further reform in the future.

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Hmmm, Ed Henry is credible?

Anyway, if a trigger is designed as a fail-safe mechanism in the event that the insurance companies don't meet affordability standards, what if someone comes along and determines the insurers have met the goals, and the option never kicks in? How is that reform, and how does that serve to ensure that all Americans are covered and to lower costs and the deficit?

If advocates are certain the insurance companies will be unable to meet the objectives, triggering the public option, why the hell would anyone push this? It's like stalling the inevitable.


Updated to add video: Obama to Meet with House Progressives Ahead of Wednesday Speech

[Oregone]

1. When are the cheerleaders going to snap back into reality?

Id imagine.....that just being that some want to design a "trigger", it would probably be as effective as the Medicare D trigger.

I'm looking at the good and bad of it all. A good thing about triggers is that they pacify the party faithful who may feel lied to, while not actually delivering upon inconvenient promises (which may impact political donations). On the other hand, their existence does suggest a less than altruistic hand at the helm of the legislation, which may indicate they aren't ever designed to be useful.

Is this more baiting and switching? Or will it be used to bargain a strong potential option? Will it be designed to be irrelevant? Who knows. If you are happy with the course of the legislation so far, Im sure you will trust a trigger will be in your best interests. Otherwise...

[ProSense]

2. "If you are happy with the course of the legislation so far, Im sure you will trust a trigger "

Your reasoning defies logic.