OBAMACARE 2.0?

Charles Krauthammer thinks Obamacare 1.0 is dead and proposes an exit strategy.

"[T]here is an exit strategy. And a politically clever one, if the Democrats are smart enough to seize it."

(1) Forget the public option.
(2) Jettison any reference to end-of-life counseling.
(3) Soft-pedal the idea of government committees determining "best practices."
(4) More generally, abandon the whole idea of Obamacare as cost-cutting.
(5) Promise nothing but pleasure -- for now. Make health insurance universal and permanently protected.

"And here's what makes it so politically seductive: The end result is the liberal dream of universal and guaranteed coverage -- but without overt nationalization .... Of course there is [a catch]. This scheme is the ultimate bait-and-switch [to] government-subsidized universal and virtually unlimited coverage [that] will vastly compound already out-of-control government spending on health care."

The one saving grace is that the Democrats are not smart enough to listen to Krauthammer.