Comments on: Latest News On Health Care Reform In The House And Senate

By: pasau

pasau — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:21:15 +0000

So where is the petition for the Senate? This one is obsolete already, no?

By: tejanarusa

tejanarusa — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:54:36 +0000

I heard a Blue Dog – didn’t catch his name – on Npr nattering on about co-ops. I can’t imagine anything more useless — except maybe what we have now. Why doesn’t anyone know that these have been tried and didn’t work?

By: acquarius74

acquarius74 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:51:39 +0000

Signed. Here’s what I wrote:

While our country was in crisis on almost every front George W. Bush was mostly on vacation. Do you want that brand applied to you as as congressmen and women?

A responsible health care bill is in its critical stages. It is no time to go on vacation. Look to the care of the people you have sworn to represent.

By: Gitcheegumee

Gitcheegumee — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:56:26 +0000

Signed.

Wrote in that they’ve BEEN taking a vacation from decency for far too long.

By: Kassandra

Kassandra — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:52:53 +0000

Just think if all that $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ the insurance industry is bribing Congress with would be put into the fund for paying for healthcare?
It’d pretty much be paid for.
If they’re making THAT much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ off our suffering, they’re making too much. period.

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:31:32 +0000

that’s why single payer should have never been “taken off the table”. They should have negotiated from THERE,

I totally agree.

That’s why I was so pissed at the beginning of this when Pelosi et al. deemed single payer “not realistic.” That motion narrowed the playing field considerably, and not in a good direction.

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:30:29 +0000

Signed, with a note.

Also: Shorter Hatch: “Hey, if they get this thing going — which also happens to double as an additional $1T of economic stimulus — then it might actually turn the recession around. And then I’ll have to keep wearing this frickin’ D suit!!”

(By the way, if socialized health insurance is the road to all ruin and downfall, then why exactly are all the European countries with socialized health insurance doing so very much better than the US, economically speaking?)

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:29:46 +0000

In response to Twain @ 16:

the ones bringing the health care problems are the BLUE DOGS

This just really pisses me off!!

Rahm Emanuel ought to be out there twisting the arm of every damn Blue Dog and telling him/her to get in line in support of the President’s program.

Rahm was SO anxious to fund these losers with our donations to the DCCC when he headed it. Now look what he’s got: a bunch of idiots who won’t support Democratic values.

This “oh, we’re in conservative districts” is just bullshit. With 76% support for getting a good public option, the Blue Dog weasels should be told they can’t AFFORD to oppose it.

No further money for them from the DCCC or DSCC; no visits by Obama; just freeze-outs and shame.

Finally, Obama ought to point out that he speaks for the American people. The lobbyists have been swarming all over the Hill to plead their greedy cases. Real working Americans can’t take time off, or pay $3500 for a seat in the hearing room, to have their voices heard. Obama should make a forceful case by saying he speaks for the people.

By: Kassandra

Kassandra — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:25:05 +0000

Be alright with me if all the Republicans left….AND the Blue Dawgs.
If we get a “co-op” we may as well send them all home. that’s why single payer should have never been “taken off the table”. They should have negotiated from THERE, then we WOULD have gotten a decent “public option”. FAH!
Signed, of courses, and I sent it to friends

By: coral

coral — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:17:24 +0000

Great job. Thanks for round-the-clock action and updates.