Almost every day here, there are great diaries about health care. We can get lots of details about what's going on. We hear what the politicians are talking about, we can understand better than most average people just exactly what a trigger is and how a coop might work.
Just today, we have another great diary by slinkerwink about what the politicians are doing. Downtowner provides us with another compelling story of life with and without health insurance in the US. Machiado gives some details about how the politicans are parsing their words like the first class lawyers and politicans they are. Each day here at kos, we're able to have indepth conversation on the issue.
But, the main conversation in the US does not include much of this information. Tell someone in a casual conversation that you are against triggers, and they will stare blankly at you until you explain what a trigger is. Often, it's too much detail. You lost them. They want some sort of change in health care, but they're busy and distracted.
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