Comments on: Possible Vote On House Health Care Bill By Next Tuesday http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/11/03/possible-vote-on-house-health-care-bill-by-next-tuesday/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:37:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: selise http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/11/03/possible-vote-on-house-health-care-bill-by-next-tuesday/#comment-58448 selise Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:55:03 +0000 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/?p=4362#comment-58448 <blockquote> a health care reform bill, one which could possibly save 45,000 lives a year,</blockquote> i haven't seen any analysis of this. how is the health insurance reform bill going to save that many lives?

a health care reform bill, one which could possibly save 45,000 lives a year,

i haven’t seen any analysis of this. how is the health insurance reform bill going to save that many lives?

]]> By: bailey2739 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/11/03/possible-vote-on-house-health-care-bill-by-next-tuesday/#comment-58447 bailey2739 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:54 +0000 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/?p=4362#comment-58447 Daily Kos has nailed it, absolutely wonderful! Daily Kos has nailed it, absolutely wonderful!

]]> By: letsgetitdone http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/11/03/possible-vote-on-house-health-care-bill-by-next-tuesday/#comment-58431 letsgetitdone Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:09:06 +0000 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/?p=4362#comment-58431 Thanks for this, Jon. <blockquote>"The fact that a group of Democrats, referring to themselves as “pro-life,” are threatening to bring down a health care reform bill, one which could possibly save 45,000 lives a year, because it is not “pro-life” enough is some rich irony unfortunately lost on everyone in Washington."</blockquote> And since this group doesn't feel shy about blocking reform in order to ensure that companies can't cover abortion, one wonders why the 65 progressives who pledged not to vote for any bill without a robust PO, don't have the same courage of their convictions and refuse to vote for this bill until it is amended to give us that kind of PO. Thanks for this, Jon.

“The fact that a group of Democrats, referring to themselves as “pro-life,” are threatening to bring down a health care reform bill, one which could possibly save 45,000 lives a year, because it is not “pro-life” enough is some rich irony unfortunately lost on everyone in Washington.”

And since this group doesn’t feel shy about blocking reform in order to ensure that companies can’t cover abortion, one wonders why the 65 progressives who pledged not to vote for any bill without a robust PO, don’t have the same courage of their convictions and refuse to vote for this bill until it is amended to give us that kind of PO.

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