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Unlinking Health Care Reform

Senator Ron Wyden may have acted just a bit too quickly by announcing his plan to help fund health care reform through the taxed revenues that will come in from a regulated and licensed US online casino gambling industry. The plan sounds fantastic initially and certainly the figures are very impressive and revenues from internet gambling could fund a huge chunk of the money need for Obama’s health care reform efforts. The initial surge in support for Wyden’s plan though quickly died as some politicians vocally noted that linking the two efforts could weaken the likelihood that either would pass. Wyden withdrew his plan on the request of many other politicians who accurately noted that supporters of a legalized and regulated US online casino gambling industry may not support the health care reform and vice versa.

Linking the two issues muddies the water and could sabotage them both because politicians and supporters would be torn about supporting the linked bills if they only approved of one of the bills. The fever of interest in the linking of the two proposals was quickly given the kibosh because politicians did not want the controversial online casino gambling industry to sink the important health care package. There is already enough controversy surrounding the health care package to risk Wyden’s attachment to the health care reform efforts.

Interestingly enough, although the Democratic leadership urged Wyden to pull his online casino attachment from the health care package, Congressman Barney Frank has noted that he may add it back in at later stages of the approval process as a way to ease concerns about funding the health care package. At this stage of the game though, as the health care package is still on the table and up for huge public debate, the online gambling industry is just too controversial to continue linking with the important health care package.