Marcus: A Fatal Flaw in Wyden-Bennett Plan?

Columnist Ruth Marcus says of the health care reform measure being championed by Sens. Ron Wyden and Bob Bennett: "This bill not only has the merit of being demonstrably bipartisan but has been scored by the Congressional Budget Office as fully paid for. The problem is that the Wyden-Bennett plan would essentially blow up the existing, although rickety, system of employer-sponsored insurance, which is both the substantive attraction and the political drawback. ... These would be huge changes, which may be why, despite its sponsors' indefatigable efforts, the proposal hasn't gotten traction."