Comments on: Senate Finance Committee Vote Live Blog

By: Elliott

Elliott — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:04:15 +0000

Jon,

Thank you so much for this — and all your reporting.

By: djfourmoney

djfourmoney — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:19:07 +0000

Why you banging your head?? Sounds like a Quiet Riot track…

This is a shitty bill from the FIN Committee, maybe they should have blocked it. But it would mess up Obama’s time table to sign something around Christmas (Merry Christmas?). Its going to take a month or so to iron out the actual law that will get voted on, its still shitty.

It will be some really nasty bill that limits access to the public plan or gives access to all without any real reduction in cost (Massachusetts) with mandates.

Single Payer will come about via the States

By: phred

phred — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:03:45 +0000

Vote: all Democrats vote yes.

Absolutely. fucking. useless.

Thanks again for the liveblog Jon. Now please pardon me while I go bang my head against the wall for awhile.

By: TheLeftNut

TheLeftNut — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:00:59 +0000

WHOA! WHAT HAPPENED? Couldn’t get in?

By: Elliott

Elliott — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:36:53 +0000

Grassley still trying to scare the oldsters

By: JamesJoyce

JamesJoyce — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:33:27 +0000

So the American taxpayer is responsible for a large % of premiums paid to insurance corporations and providers, for government employees. That taxpayer is now to be taxed in a punitive manner for failing to enter into health insurance contracts with the same tax exempt health insurance corporations, we cannot afford to buy health insurance from, but pay for anyway, for those employed by government, via taxes! This is twisted?

By: TheLeftNut

TheLeftNut — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:33:10 +0000

Isn’t the Military budget a Federal Entitlement for war mongers?

Like this whole Healthcare Reform shouldn’t the Military pay for itself

Makes as much sense to me as Healthcare paying for itself.

By: catchlightning

catchlightning — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:31:19 +0000

Interesting that the conservatives are giving the liberals all the best arguments for why the Baucus bill needs to be fundamentally altered to be more like the HELP and House bills. Ironic?

By: Elliott

Elliott — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:29:20 +0000

newsflash! :)

By: TheLeftNut

TheLeftNut — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:26:40 +0000

Crapo is following Republican line through this whole hearing which is…

SIMPLY GENERATE TALKING POINTS FOR THE RIGHT_WING MEDIA TO ATTACK REFORM.

Confuse the numbers, frame the short comings etc.