Here is a good example of making sure the frame of a discussion is pretty narrow. And, in this case, it’s an omission that is worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

The ostensible reason for this story is to talk about how union members are going to suffer most from the arrival of Obamacare:

Cities and towns across the country are pushing municipal unions to accept cheaper health benefits in anticipation of a component of the Affordable Care Act that will tax expensive plans starting in 2018.

Putting aside for a moment the disgrace of repeating the idea that union members get a “Cadillac plan” (meaning, in the U.S., they get, thanks to collective bargaining, a humane plan that doesn’t bankrupt them  and actually offers real coverage), there is a grand omission. The phrase “single payer” is never uttered.

So, the way this article reads, you get the impression that what is really the problem is people who get real coverage — not the fact that Obamacare left in place two of the most corrupt industries ever to exist: the drug and health insurance industries.

But, this never would have been a problem if we had put in place a single-payer system (“Medicare for All”), which would save hundreds of billions of dollars and give people health care. Real health care.