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Today was another big day on the road to health care reform.  The Senate Finance Committee approved Senator Max Baucus’s health care proposal, bringing a reform bill one step closer to a full vote on the Senate floor.

I’ve been pretty critical of this proposal in the past.  It doesn’t include a public option, which is the only way to provide real competition to big insurance companies and bring down costs so that all Americans can choose quality, affordable health care.

But this is progress.  Even the insurance lobby isn’t happy that this bill is moving forward.  As I mentioned yesterday, that’s probably as good a sign as any that we’re taking the right steps towards a health care system that helps American families instead of insurance company shareholders.

This slow march won’t be complete without a true public option.  It may not be center stage today, but like a specter in a Shakespeare play, it looms large.

Anthony

P.S. New York Magazine calls me the “loudest and noodgiest” supporter of the public option.

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