Republican Scott Brown's win of Kennedy's seat (46 years) should tell the Democrats one thing at least: That they are dumber than dirt.They have been dicking around too long on health care reform which allowed the Republicans to shape the dialogue in this Country. Democrats you don't rule!
Brown said this morning, on the Today Show, that most people in Massachusetts have health insurance so the reform isn't needed there. The newscaster asked, what about the for the rest of the Country? He said the State's should take care of it. Well that will work here in Florida...NOT!
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I see this more of a vote against business as usual in Washington. It is less about "Obama care" than about the way in which the backroom deals were made to get this through. People voted for change you can believe in and they got the same winner take all politics.
First Dems need to get a grip and NOT panic. Then pass Health Care reform (Senate's version). The Washington Post's Ezra Klein sums it up best:
...Both chambers of Congress have already voted for reform. The question is simply whether Democrats want to own a historic legislative success or a calamitous political failure. If Democrats pass the bill, they have a major accomplishment to message around in 2010. Every paper in the country will have a front-page headline featuring the word "historic." If Democrats don't pass it, they must explain away their failure, and beyond their failure, their decision to try at all. Just as no campaign is ever as good as it looks when it's winning or as bad as it seems when it's losing, bills that pass look better than bills that fail, regardless of the underlying merits.
But that argument is almost sociopathically detached from the actual bill. Democrats should pass health-care reform because it's the right thing to do. They should pass health-care reform because between 18,000 and 45,000 people die each year because they don't have health-care insurance, and this bill will save many of those lives. They should pass health-care reform because it will prevent countless medical bankruptcies and an enormous amount of needless chronic pain and infirmity. They should pass it because it will take important steps towards cost control. They should pass health-care reform, as my friend Chris Hayes says, because it's important for the American people to see their government doing more than starting wars and bailing out banks. They should pass health-care reform because it's the right thing to do, both for the millions of people whom it will directly affect and for the country as a whole.
anyone who votes for that health care bill will be out the door in november. i cant support the prospect of good people sacrificing their long political careers for a single bill. and i cant see forcing legislation on people that a majority clearly doesnt want. let's move on to other more popular issues (e.g. financial sector reform) and stop the hemorrhaging.
I think voters are upset Obama and the Democrats gave away trillions so Wall Street firms could pay themeselves Billions.
Obviously, the money has not gotten to Main Street.
Why do people vote against their own interests? Health care now is skewed heavily in favor of insurance companies,any change would surely change the balance of power to benefit citizens.
The Republican propaganda mill is alive and well and EFFECTIVE. Money rules that parties shrill anti health care reform pitich. The health insurers are a seedy bunch and the DEMS didn't do a good job changing the dialogue. They are terrible communicators.
Pleeease Demoblicans are all about the benjamins just like the republicrats.
Brown camapign tapped into something that is non partisan, a socially liberal, fically conservative agenda would be the best path for the USA to follow.
Unfortunately will probably get stuck in partisan muck againVERY SOON.
On insurance
Imagine this: you go to the hospital for a procedure that supposedly costs $12,000. The hospital charges you 20% ($2,400) because that is what your insurance policy dictates. Meanwhile, the insurance company gets the bill, but it's not for $9,600. Oh no, it's for $3,000 because they already negotiated a lower amount. So, essentially, the procedure really cost $5,400 and you paid for 44% of it. That's fraud. FIX THAT WASHINGTON!
OK - this one is my favorite: you purchase a policy. The company takes your premiums for years, but then you get diagnosed with MS. They say it's genetic and pre existing and they rescind your policy. Now you are screwed, uninsured AND sick. SO, does this mean that if you were a fat kid and you become diabetic as an adult, you have a pre existing condition? Does this mean that if you have cancer, they might say this is genetic? Hardening of the arteries takes years to become dangerous. Does this mean we won't cover heart attacks? I know you all want to fix this one. What took so long Congress? What took so long, party of "No"?
And lastly - is anyone making a correlation to intrastate banking with intrastate health insurance? This crossing state lines is not a good thing. The insurance companies want this more than anything. This is the prize, people. They will cut costs, continue to screw their insurances, gain power and market share and pay large bonuses. Does this sound familiar?
Oh please. At least this President was willing to spend his political capital to take on a difficult subject - unlike a Congress that didn't take it on for about 14 years ( or however many years ago that was). I am no Democrat, and I don't like the way this legislation is being shaped, but good for you President Obama. You care enough to possibly sacrifice your second term in office to take on something that is impossibly corrupt. the insurance industry is so profitable and they all must be laughing, because we are going to walk away with the crossing state lines stuff, and that is exactly the piece they wanted. How foolish.
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