House Democrats vari kusundira bhiri rekuda kuti Medicare itaurirane nezvemitengo yezvinodhaka. Kusvika ikozvino, zvakanaka. Asi mune izvo zvinoita sekunge huta kusimba rezvematongerwo enyika reBig Pharma, bhiri haribvumidze Medicare kuti idonhe kubva kune yayo yakabvumidzwa rondedzero mishonga iyo vagadziri vanotadza kupa zvibvumirano zvakanaka.
Izvi zvakaita seWal-Mart inoudza vatengesi vayo, "Tichashandisa chibvumirano chedu kuti tiwane kubva kwamuri mitengo yakaderera yevatengi vedu-asi zvisinei nemutengo waunopa ticharamba takatakura chigadzirwa chako muzvitoro zvedu." Irudzii rwekurudziro iyoyo?
Bazi reVeterans Affairs rinowana kudzikiswa kwezvikamu makumi maviri neshanu kubva muzana pamitengo yezvinodhaka kune veterans nekuti kana kambani yezvinodhaka ikasapa mutero mukuru, Veterans Affairs haisanganisire mushonga muchirongwa chayo. Medicare vanogashira vanongowana aya marudzi ekuchengetedza kana Medicare ichikwanisa kuita zvakafanana-kufamba kure nemugadziri wezvinodhaka asingashande.
Nzira yekuita izvi pasina kuramba vakura mishonga yekusarudza kwavo yaizova yeMedicare kuti igadzire chirongwa chayo chemishonga kukwikwidzana neavo veinishuwarenzi vakazvimiririra. Medicare yaizopa rubatsiro chero chirongwa, saka vakuru vanoda zvinodhaka zvisiri pane yakabvumidzwa runyorwa vangangove nekuwana kwavari. Asi vakuru vanoda mitengo yakaderera yezvinodhaka vaizojoinha chirongwa cheMedicare. Yaizove nemishonga yakachipa nekuti saizi yehurongwa hwaizoipa iyo yakanyanya kutaurirana simba uye nekuti yaizongosanganisira mishonga inopihwa nevagadziri pamutengo wakadzika.
Bhiri razvino reDemocratic rakaverengerwa kuita kuti munhu wese afare. Inobvumira maDemocrats kuti audze vakuru uye iyo yakakosha-zvese AARP kuti vari kumanikidza Medicare kutaurirana nemakambani ezvinodhaka. Uye zvakare inobvumira maDemocrats kuti atendeuke uye audze Big Pharma kuti asanetsekane nekuti nhaurirano hadzizove nemazino chaiwo mazviri. Mishonga yavo icharamba ichitenderwa, zvisinei nemutengo.
Asi bhiri racho haringafadzi munhu. Hazvizounzi vakuru zvinodhaka zvinoderedzwa. Uye Big Pharma icharamba ichirwisana nayo. Vagadziri vezvinodhaka vanoona chero mafambiro enhaurirano, kunyangwe imwe isina mhosva seizvi, semutsetse unotsvedza wakananga kukudzora mitengo yehurumende. Uye vane chinangwa chekushandisa simba ravo rakakura paCapitol Hill kumisa chero bhiri rakadaro.
Kunyangwe bhiri rasvika kuSeneti, Sachigaro mutsva weSenate Finance Max Baucus haafariri nezveMedicare kutaurirana mitengo yezvinodhaka, uye akapikisa kaviri matanho akafanana. Muchiitiko chisingafungidzirwe bhiri rinosvika padhesiki remutungamiri wenyika, anenge atozvipikisa. Uye maDemocrat haana mavhoti ekupfuura veto.
House Democrats inofanira kuuya nebhiri rine mazino chaiwo mariri-rimwe rinomanikidza makambani ezvinodhaka kuti ape zvidzikiso chaizvo. Kunyange dai isina kupfuura panguva ino, vhoti pairi yaizoratidza kuti vapikisi vayo vari divi raani. Uye yaizopa chikafu chekuti maDemocrats amhanye muna 2008-kusanganisira mumiriri weDemocratic Alliance.
[Robert Reich ndiye purofesa wezvematongerwo enyika paRichard naRhoda Goldman Chikoro chePublic Policy paYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, Berkeley. Aive munyori wevashandi muhutongi hwaClinton.]
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