Fortunately, Bernie Sanders has been getting a lot of air time recently. For the most part, the peripheral vision of the media has ranged from about 85o<\/sup> right (about as far out as the \u201cFreedom Caucus\u201d can go) to around 45o<\/sup> right (about as far to the left as so-called moderate Republicans go.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n An observer of the way in which the recent health care debate has been covered might think that Obamacare came from sinister heartless characters called Democrats. Much of the media presents the story as if the only good ideas on what to do about health care is in the domain of the Republicans. The range of options lie between the \u201cmainstream\u201d Trump-Ryan \u201ccoalition\u201d and the so-called \u201cFreedom Caucus.\u201d While we congratulate the media for openly talking about the fake governing by the Trump Administration, the media is still falling short in explaining our real options with health care.<\/p>\n One of the reasons why Obamacare has been such a punching bag is that it is a 2,000-page bill made of compromises, designed to offer something to almost every Democrats and quite a few Republicans. The people who like Obamacare still don\u2019t love it. The law is amorphous, undefinable and bulky. But to its credit, it has provided health care coverage to tens of millions of Americans who otherwise wouldn\u2019t have it. Additionally, and we know this drill well, it has allowed children to stay on their parents\u2019 policies until they are twenty-six, it has outlawed insurance companies from rejecting coverage due to pre-existing conditions, it has eliminated life-time limits, and it has provided hope to many where little existed.<\/p>\n What America needs to hear now is that Obamacare can be so much better, and essentially none of the ideas suggested by Republicans bring any help to anyone who is either sick or not a millionaire. To a compassionate person, there is hardly a dime\u2019s worth of difference between the Trump-Ryan proposal and that of the \u201cFreedom Caucus.\u201d The discussion must move away from \u201crepeal and replace\u201d and focus on \u201creform and repair.\u201d And where can that be done?<\/p>\n Within the Democratic Party. And where within the Democratic Party?<\/p>\n