Geeeejuhzusfuhhhkinchrist, people, smoke somethin’ will ya and slow down a bit, or have a glass of wine or whateverrrrr — give the guy a break!

The Prez likes to take the 3-pointers, so chill. We’re gonna get there — stop sounding like the kiddies over at Fauxnewz, all the time whining and peeing in their pants.

Jane, I love ya, but you gotta go long sometimes.

http://jwalkerreport.blogspot.com/2009/10/whip-count-data-removed-by-hill.html

http://www.progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?chamber=House

This is not correct. The plan Obama is proposing is almost identical to a plan that health insurers have been trying to get passed for years. Everything in it makes them more money. I first heard about it when I worked at one of these companies. When I saw Obama’s plan I was like, OMG! It’s the SAME plan!

BINGO! I’ve been saying this for months. If you follow the money in Obama’s plan, the savings come out of Medicare and transferring the cost of the uninsured from industry and government back to the public. It is nothing but a backdoor entitlement cut.

It now costs between $250 and $650 per month to insure a healthy young adult, losing her parent’s insurance coverage. I know, I’ve been researching costs for my daughter, age 23. She moved to NYC after graduating this year, living hand to mouth, with bunch of roommates, working a patchwork quilt of unpaid internships and low-pay part-time or short-time (3-4 month) positions in film industry. We can’t afford to pay insurance for her, and there is nothing she can afford, what with college loan payments to start next month, and basic food, rent & transportation. Especially since the lower-cost plans cover little or nothing until you’ve already spent between $1200 and $3000 on your own (and that doesn’t include the premiums).

How young families who don’t get employer coverage manage to be covered, I have no idea.

Americans desperately need an administration and Congress that understands the dire straits that many in the middle and lower-middle income quintiles are in. We need more jobs, higher wages, more job security, and some kind of guaranteed minimum health insurance for those who are struggling, but still earn or own too much to be covered by Medicaid.

This latest move by Lieberman is infuriating, but I expected no less of him. I did, however, expect a heck of a lot more fight from Obama on this issue.