Has the Senate Ruined Health Care Reform?

In a special commentary tonight, Keith Olbermann said of the present Senate compromise, "this is not health, this is not care, this is certainly not reform." Howard Dean, Wendell Potter, Anthony Wiener, and Bernie Sanders are warning that the present bill may do more harm than good. Glenn Greenwald was even more jaded, saying, "The administration wants not only to prevent industry money from funding an anti-health-care-reform campaign, but also wants to ensure that the Democratic Party -- rather than the GOP -- will continue to be the prime recipient of industry largesse."

On the other hand, we have progressive senators Sherrod Brown and Tom Harkin supporting the bill and John Podesta offering his top ten reasons why progressives should support the Senate bill. Andy Kurz, a frequent guest on this blog, says:

While many are disappointed at the compromises finding their way into the Senate bill, there are still many good reforms that deserve passage of the bill.

Here is Andy's complete 2-page memo.