In the Wall Street Journal today, Gov. Jindal lays out 3 “falsehoods” that Obama pushes about health care reform:

1. If you like your current coverage, you can keep it.
2. Reforms will not diminish the quality of our health care.
3. Reform will reduce government spending on health care, and will not increase the deficit.

I think it’s safe to say that more and more Americans are beginning to agree that Obama is delusional (or lying) about each of these. See the article for Jindal’s rebuttal of the “falsehoods”.

He goes on to lay out a “bipartisan” proposal for health care reform that’s actually pretty reasonable:

• Consumer choice guided by transparency
• Health savings accounts
• Medical lawsuit reform
• “Guidelines” for more portable insurance plans and coverage of more pre-existing conditions
• Insurance pooling for small business and the self employed
• Pay for performance
• Refundable tax credits for the poor

With the exception of the tax credits for the poor and “pay for performance”, I think this is a good plan. The tax credits are unfair and promote class warfare. The “pay for performance” idea needs to be further refined, and it sounds difficult to implement.

Also, I’m also not sure what good “guidelines” will do. If they’re just guidelines, they will probably be ignored. And laws requiring the coverage of pre-existing conditions are likely to put a lot of providers out of business.

Overall, it’s a good beginning. Unfortunately, it would take a miracle to push anything close to this proposal through congress, and I don’t think Pelosi/Obama/Reid would call it “bipartisan” at all.

Be sure to watch Obama tonight for any signs of concession. Riiiiiiiight.

BTW: How many darn primetime spots will Obama get before the networks balk?