Dorgan had the votes to pass his drug reimportation amendment, which would have saved the public over $100 billion and the government $19 billion.
But Joe Lieberman says it can’t be part of LieberCare, so I’m afraid the cost curve will have to be bent by making your health insurance worse.
Next up: the sham Lautenberg amendment, which inserts a poison pill into reimportation by pretending that drugs from CVS warehouses in Canada are really packed with rat poison in Chinese sweat shops.
Will Joe allow that to be part of LieberCare? Stay tuned!
Update: DDay says Durbin actually whipped Lieberman to vote “against.” Go PhRMA!



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May be we should present it as
Why can’t the US do what so many countries have been able to ?
Every developed country has it and there is no one dying for lack.
Are we stupid? We can do anything better.
Gotta go back to moral argument and appeal to american ingenuity or lack in this case.
Watching. Lieberman is a smug asshole. What can we do?
Have you read this one?
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/506262/a_sucker_punched_harry_reid_throws_in_the_towel_on_real_reform
Recall Obama. Dump 0bama and his mentor, Joe Liarman
Obama: weak, weak, weak!!!
God, is this man a fucking wimpy do-nothing tool.
Joe’s demands will never end.
Next up: HCR must include a nuclear first strike on Iran.
If this legislation passes hope to hell Obama does not put Senator Kennedy’s name on it. Heaven help us. Hey Ted you have any health care angels to send down to kick some earthly ass?
Would not put it past him. The house basically did that work today
Wondering who else might vote against this, or help filibuster it: Burris? Sanders? Those two come to mind. Anyone else? We only need a few votes to kill it.
Lieberman’s evil is just getting started. As a result of his killing healthcare, the Dems may lose the Senate. At that point the R’s will reward Lieberman with some super plum committee assignment (he may switch from independent to Repub, but it’s probably not necessary.)
With a key position and the entire Republican Party in debt to him, Lieberman will be able to steer mountains of pork to Connecticut, who will then re-elect him since the health care failure will be years old at that point.
There are some evils so black you can’t exorcise them.
Just listened to Obama after the WH meeting. He did not say one thing about the uninsured. Nothing about mandates.
Now listening to Liarman and Snowed during their press conference.
He said “he has never hesitated to take on the Insurance Companies? Has he ever challenged insurance companies?
Then went onto say that when he supported Medicare buy in Medicare was not on the verge of bankruptcy”
I don’t think the majority of them really care if they lose an election. They just go work for K Street if they lose their seat and then make sure their sons or daughters either run for their old seat or join them working as lobbyists. There’s really no downside to them when it come to losing their seat. They can always run again if they really want and the interim lobbying gig ain’t too shabby.
LieberCare is MarkAssBitch care:
I ain’t yo homey
I ain’t yo skillet dawg
DejaMoo Buang man
A hojillion times… NO JOE!
You want a mandate? You may have my peanut shells, sir.
Sure.
Dodd voted against it.
Time to primary Dodd!