If you’ve been paying attention to Washington, DC, progress on health care has been at a near standstill for the last decade since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Ideology and politics has made progress on more affordable health care difficult if not impossible. Reasonable people can’t get in the same room and where disagreement exists, demonizing opponents instead of listening is the order of the day. … Which is why the recent proposal in Connecticut over a Connecticut Option is such a breath of fresh air.