Bobby Jindal and Health Care

This may the first of many posts about Bobby Jindal. But I have to say I am impressed with any Republican who is digging into health care issues.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/gov_bobby_jindal_details_louis.html

I'm not enough of a policy wonk to know whether his ideas are good or not, but we need more people on our side who can speak articulately about health care. In fact, I think Republicans already start from a disadvantage because we've let the Left frame the issue as a question of how to provide health care to the uninsured, when the problem seems to be the broader issue of health care costs significantly outpacing other increases in the cost of living.

But as long as the MSM beat the 40-million-Americans-are-uninsured drum, this is going to be a top issue on voters' minds. The Democrats' solution sounds simple and caring -- "we are a rich nation and we should ensure that no one goes without health care." The details of how they would do that are complicated and alarming, but most folks don't get beyond the positive main message point. The Republicans' answers -- "let the free market solve the problem," "it's too expensive," "our tax policies are distorting the market," "the 40 million include a lot of illegal immigrants and young healthy people" sound callous or complicated.