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1,502 page Healthcare bill filed, 72 hours to read it!
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by René | October 19, 2009 at 04:40 pm
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All I can say at this point is: What planet did these people come from?
The Senate Finance Committee filed its sweeping health care reform bill Monday and its release served largely to highlight the divisions among Democrats over the direction of reform. The massive, 1,500 page bill is expected to serve as the backbone for Democratic reform efforts going forward and five senators expressed concerns about one of its main provisions, a 40 percent tax on high-end insurance plans.
Read the entire 1,502 page Finance bill.
UPDATE: this bill is being merged behind closed doors by Democrats only (Senate Majority Leader Reid and Sens. Max Baucus and Chris Dodd along with senior White House aides ), into who knows what.
Link to the pdf of the bill is not working at present.
Guess they do not want the public to view it.
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (17)
at 17:25 on October 19th, 2009
Rene, thanks for posting this. I'll take a look at it. But, I have to ask, "Did you read the entire bill?":)
at 17:46 on October 19th, 2009
Are you joking? I posted this here as soon as I found it.
If I read it first or tried to pull it up, it would have been next week.
at 17:56 on October 19th, 2009
Me, joke?:) Thanks again for posting it!:)
at 17:33 on October 19th, 2009
Rene, thanks much for this article. Could you do me a favor, though? Just kinda, sorta read through it for me........maybe post back later with the highlights, eh?
There will be a quiz.
(jk) ;)
at 17:48 on October 19th, 2009
the quiz should be for those who are about to vote on it, doncha think?
at 18:19 on October 19th, 2009
Quiz? How bout a timed Semester Exam.
NO T/F and NO Multiple Choice. NO notes. NO erasers.
No scaling grades, either.
Fail, you get to go back home and explain to the voters why you are a failure, and how you conned them into voting for you.
at 17:35 on October 19th, 2009
It only has 25 lines per page not defending the bill I haven't read it yet, but it is hardly close type
at 17:49 on October 19th, 2009
Still, lots of paper, or pages to go thru online.
at 18:09 on October 19th, 2009
Yup I am scanning I can skip 13 pages for content listing and I read contracts as part of my job so can speed read. Even so, it is going to be a late night. Most politicians are lazy sons of guns anyway and will only read the precis and talking points given to them by their staf anyway, unfortunately
at 18:24 on October 19th, 2009
cool beans, rng. gonna look at it later.
at 22:52 on October 19th, 2009
rng, did you download it? cuz links aren't working anymore. the senate links only pull up a ? mark pdf.
at 18:01 on October 19th, 2009
Have not got the time to read this bill, but if I was an American I would find the time. Thats my excuse, lol
at 19:26 on October 19th, 2009
Glad somebody got to download this bill.
As of now the pdf yields the big "?" mark. direct from the senate finance page.
at 19:45 on October 19th, 2009
A lot of good information.
at 20:08 on October 19th, 2009
You can get the House version here at Thomas.gov.
They make me want to barf. House and Senate. Republicans and Democrats. all of them sell-outs.
at 20:23 on October 19th, 2009
Rene: Right on! Thanks for this story!
All I can say at this point is: What planet did these people come from?
You got that right! No holds barred!
at 17:08 on October 20th, 2009
I thought the Dems wanted to have a low carbon footprint... lets just add 500 pages why don't we