Take away Congress' health care?

While I support the cute concept, I think Nicholas Kristof overlooks an important detail in suggesting that Congress should lose its health care.

Yes, while 60 percent of Americans want Medicare for All, Congress is much more hesitant about any sort of reform. But if you took away their medical benefits, they'd all just go buy some health insurance. They're all millionaires.

Which is really the root of the problem. The rich buy power, and the rich medical companies are no exception. The reform process is corrupted by insurance money, and the change we need will be horribly watered down.

We need publicly financed election campaigns. And fully transparent political lobbying funding. The First Amendment guarantees the right to lobby, but we need to make that process as transparent and embarassing as possible.