"Never before have so few with so much promised to take away so much from so many and then laugh their asses off as the so many with so little vote for the so few with so much." A James Pence Quote
"American Politics, a sport for the rich and enslavement for the rest of us." A James Pence Quote
Here's hoping Dennis Kucinich will primary Barack Obama for President In 2012. How's that for a difference of opinion Markos Moulitsas? Anyone that thinks the current, Smoke And Mirrors, health care reform Bill is real reform is whistling in the dark. I suggest if this Bill is passed real health care reform will be dead for a generation or more. I further suggest this health care reform is nothing more than a big give away to the health care insurance industry subsidized with our tax dollars.
Los Angeles Times "It's a bonanza," said Robert Laszewski, a health insurance executive for 20 years who now tracks reform legislation as president of the consulting firm Health Policy and Strategy Associates Inc. Some insurance company leaders continue to profess concern about the unpredictable course of President Obama's massive healthcare initiative, and they vigorously oppose elements of his agenda. But Laszewski said the industry's reaction to early negotiations boiled down to a single word: "Hallelujah!" The insurers' success so far can be explained in part by their lobbying efforts in the nation's capital and the districts of key lawmakers.
To tell you the truth I would rather leave our broken health care system like it is and let the insurance companies continue to screw over the American people until the right wing neocons cry Uncle and beg for real health care reform. The Democratic Party and Barack Obama had their chance to stand up for the American people, but they didn't and now it's time to hold them accountable. If Markos Moulitsas over at Daily Kos wants to reward Democratic greed and incompetence that's his business, but this Hillbilly ain't gonna travel down that road.
"President Barack Obama is in northern Ohio on Monday to campaign for his health care plan, and I will be here to welcome him. I have met with the president three times to discuss how we can work together to address the serious deficiencies in our health care system. Even at this late date, I am hopeful that the White House will be able to reinstate key reforms that passed the Education and Labor Committee on which I serve.
"Unfortunately, the president's plan, as it currently stands, leaves patients financially vulnerable to insurance companies. It requires all Americans to buy private health insurance policies, while failing to ensure those policies do what they are supposed to do -- protect people from financial catastrophe caused by injury or illness. ...
"Absent a strong public option or legal protection for states that wish to pursue single payer, the bill that the president is proposing is a step in the wrong direction. Even with the few modest improvements in the bill, the insurance companies will still have dozens of loopholes to deny care and continue to find ways to leave Americans with the unpayable bill."
