In The Real World - Don't Get Sick

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What a difference here between newspaper editorials regarding the Healthy Wisconsin Initiative. The first one is a fine example of our very own “beholden to no one” Janesville Gazette. The second one belongs to the LaCrosse Tribune and the third to the Post Crescent.

JG Editorial HealthCare On Life Support:
The haste with which this proposal was introduced and passed makes Sen. Judy Robson's statement above laughable.

"Senate Democrats are completely disingenuous with their rhetoric about an open and accessible legislative process," Kedzie argued.

Actually, by introducing it at the last minute, without giving everyone a fair chance to evaluate it, Democrats will have no one to blame but themselves.

Just another political attack editorial completely dismissing the plan for those "beholden to no one" reasons. Never offering anything on their own.

LaCrosse Tribune Don’t get sick:
The “Healthy Wisconsin” plan is an attempt to provide health insurance for everyone. It divides the state into regions that coincide with the regions that already exist in the state’s employee health insurance plan.

Not perfect, but a personal and yet objective perspective as you can get.

Or even this.

Post Crescent - Appleton Excerpt:
In the real world, a reform plan - even if it's a long shot - can at least be used as a starting point for discussion, as long as it's done honestly.

If only we had a newspaper that wrote editorials like this instead of the GOP shill we read everyday here in Janesville.