Senate Health Care Update

ACP: Right O! The politicians have been trying to get national health care passed for decades. The present health care debate is going to go on and on and the outcome will be that no one will be happy if the bill were to pass both houses. It's a no win situation for the "progressives" in the Democratic Party, because they'll never be able to get the bill passed if it includes the legislation that their "progressive" base so desperately wants included in the bill.

I bet they would pass it if Obama said Ok bring the troops home....Then told Eric Holder to do his job or he's fired....and prosecute Bush and Cheney for War Crimes and Torture.

The Rev.

Thanks Rev! What about prosecuting Obama for War Crimes too?

Here, Rory - from the local fish wrap.................

WASHINGTON - The health care legislation now up for debate in the Senate has serious problems, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said today on ABC's This Week.

“I would not let it get off the floor,” Nelson told host George Stephanopoulos. “That's the next round.”
Nelson delivered one of the key votes Saturday night to begin the debate, but he wants to see substantial changes in the bill. In particular, he opposes its creation of a new government insurance plan, or public option.

Stephanopoulos pointed out the changes Nelson is seeking put him at odds with a majority of House Democrats, who already passed their own health care bill.

He asked another guest on the program, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., whether her colleagues would go along with Nelson's efforts.
“What . . . you don't hear him saying is that there isn't any room for negotiation,” she said.

Yankeejim: I'm like many other Americans in that I believe that the health care system is in need of reform. I'm not one of those that blindly supports the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries in the name of capitalism and free markets. Here in America, we pay substantially more for prescription medication and drugs that those in other countries pay (for the same exact product). And I'm definitely not a supporter of cost-cutting measures such as caps on medical malpractice lawsuits.

However I don't see the Democratic Party's health care reform proposal as a practical solution to lowering costs and increasing the quality of U.S. health care--just the opposite. I have no doubt that it will provide health insurance coverage to those that are not covered. But I don't see any way that the addition of millions more Americans to the health insurance roles won't diminish the quality and quantity of care that Americans who are now covered receive.

In my opinion, the provisions of the proposed health care bill are not well thought out. I also think that the Democrats are trying to get the bill passed before the 2010 elections no matter what, because they're worried about losing seats in both houses. There's got to be a better approach towards health care reform.

There is, it's called TCM...Traditional Chinese Medicine....they live longer than fat Americans...and they take care of their parents.

The Rev.