Will not link to the numerous pieces out there on this subject. Oh yea they're working on getting it together so both sides are happy.
The idea that we accept a bill that does not come close to what was discussed during campaigning is total bull shit.
That this is something if anything gets passed at all is another something we can "build on" is pure runny stinky pig shit.
To watch these bought off congress whores talk about this knowing full well they are framing what they say with the HC corporations in mind first and foremost makes me ill. And to think we will be allowed to "build" meaning take away from the profits of the corporations is utter fucking chicken shit.
One could go on and on but the last thing to point out is the mandate.
The regressive bastards on the other side know exactly what they are doing in respect to that. Why because they know for a fact given the mood created by fux whore news and the rest of their ilk that if a bill is passed where people are forced to purchase insurance that puts even more money in the coffers of corporations Democrats everywhere will have a tough time getting elected in this great country of ours.
If a shitty bill is passed forcing such a thing onto the people I will be the first not to vote for any of them. Enough is enough.
They certainly couldn't be that stupid-but they will be.
This stuff called HC Reform has turned into a jumbled mess of a bill. Obama's lack of a strategy months ago shows he's another Harvard triangulator of the worst sort. He's managed to infuriate his supporters and fire up the Repugs: nice work there Barack. The worst part is that Medicaid will be left to the vagaries of the budgeting process. The result will lead to the old " not you see it, now you don't" every other year. People won't buy what is not reliable whether it's a car or health care. Getting in and out of insurance will lead to more profits for the insurance industry. Why? Because just like car insurance you will be penalized for dropping coverage and then picking it up again or you'll just pay the fine, which will always be going up. I think this was the plan all along. Enrich the Insurance Companies by an Act of Congress. Great, ain't it!
ReplyDeleteEven the most conservative of the European models of health insurance(Switzerland) has better cost containment, regulation and " outcomes" than this braunsweiger of a bill. There it is treated like a Public Utility and must justify its' rate increases to a Board of Commissioners. That model is far superior to what we'll get. But because of Sens. like Nelson, Landrieu, et al; who don't want to cover their less fortunate citizens(minorities in many cases) and instead have the Feds do it, we get this crappy bill. It appears rascist on the surface but Obama has always been more comfortable around whites than blacks or other minorities so we get this discriminatory mess. If the Feds try to enforce this mandate on poor people " the revolution will not be televised " but it will happen.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the idea is that all the seniors in America will get so disgusted that they'll leave for Europe or Canada to keep frome being euthanized by our doctors.
ReplyDeletePm Prescott-- Quit drinking the Kool-Aid on euthenasia by physicaians. I've lived in Oregon for 25 yrs and The Death with Dignity Act is just that. I worked for its' passage with time and money. That the Oregon Catholic Bishop's opposed the passage of this bill should be a tipoff. If you are afraid to die says more about you than about the rest of us. I will never back away from death in the face of state sponsored terrorism. " Give me Liberty Or Give Me Death." Quit trying to cheat the rest of us with your cheap emotional vagaries: " I had a dog and his name is Rover, and when he died he died all over." I'm so disgusted with people who hold out hope for a better world waiting for the meek. Get it on or get over it, biotch!
ReplyDeleteEasy Camper-Patrick is a friend of mine -OTC's and now you. It's obvious his comment was made in jest.
ReplyDeleteExcuse Me!!! I failed to catch the obvious h'omage paid to my friends; many who have passed away; who shared their last life energy trying to make the world a better place for people who don't have a fuckin' clue about what it means to be alive or dead. FYI- You can be both and still suck oxygen. Par le Vous, humma humma?
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