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In article <1ot5vgINN28i@gap.caltech.edu> kloomis@cco.caltech.edu (Kate E. Loomis) writes:
>Regarding the extensive list of names on the "top secret, Soviet-Style
>health reform task force" : there is no analogy here. These people are 
>not creating policy, they are _drafting a plan_ . Did you get that? A 
>PLAN. One that will be submitted to Congress and debated ad nauseum for 
>the rest of the year, and may or may not be passed in any or all of 
>it's original state. There is a big difference. All the conservatives 
>and special interests will get to bitch and whine their hearts out when
>the plan is actually presented (and don't believe they won't). They 
>don't NEED to be able to do it ahead of time. Any aspect of any health 
>care reform will piss off some people. The Clinton Administration is 
>just attempting to present it all at once so that most people will see 
>(they hope) that they agree with MOST of the plan, and that they can 
>accept the parts they don't like on that basis. Now, the bulk of the plan
>_doesn't_ appeal to MOST of the people, then the plan won't get passed. 
>So what is the problem?

The problem is that we are supposed to have an open government.  Plans
that do not require security are not supposed to be drafted in secret
by people whose names are not even released.

If nothing else, people who object to the makeup of the task force
have the right to know who is on it and to present their objections to
the people of the United States.

In fact, with the release of the WSJ's list it has become apparent
that Slick Willy lied again.  He claimed that the task force would be
bi-partisan and made up of people from all parts of the health care
system.  In actual fact, most of them appear to be government
employees with the largest contingent coming from Democratic