After watching the Senate Finance Committee work its will on health care reform, it is clear that the final stretch will have little to do with good policy and lots to do with cutting special deals with drug companies, favorite states, and the like. The debate is a jarring reminder that the current Congress views health care as a giant pie (indeed 16-17 percent of our entire economy). Of course, government does not make the pie, it merely cuts the pieces. The folks back home still want an answer to …
