Horse-Trading Just Beginning on Senate Health Reform Bill

This bill will harm the middle class and the elderly--just the groups we are supposed to be helping. With our "advocates" in Washington ruining our health care system, who needs enemies?

Today's Congress thrives on behind-the-scenes pork barreling and deal making. Is this what Obama wanted when he promised transparency in our government?
My concept of a responsible Congress is one that listens to and acts in behalf of its constituents. Our senators and representatives obviously have a different definition of democratic government.

Sure, and the GOP plan is? Oh ya blank pages of paper! We all saw them last month just like their budget bill nothing but blank sheets of paper. The GOP plan don't get sick! If you are sick, don't be! If you are really sick, die quickly.

Any plan needs a public option no matter what, mandating insurance without one would be a crime. You would be throwing the people who could least afford it to the crooks that are the health insurance industry.

CJJAN Why don't you go to the GOP web site and read their bills,or find a 10yo who can read them to you.

Allow both public and private to operate across state lines.

You are lying azz hole! First off the elderly paid for social security and medicare with their taxes! Second illegals don't get benefits from these programs! In fact many illegals pay into socail security with no hope of collecting from the program.

Any fool can look up the national debt and see its republicans who ran it up on programs that did nothing for Americans, useless wars, worthless military programs that enriched their friends. Now their last offering Bush Jr wrecked the economy completely. So keep your BS history of lies to yourself!

CCJAN Illegals pay into S.S. because they stold someones ID. Which males them felons as well as illegals.

Carolyn
1:37PM Sep 25th 2009
What does Reid Pelosi and the Finance Committee not understand about "we don't want no stinkin' government health care"?
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What do YOU not understand about, YOU are in the minority? Despite being the loudest and longest whiners, your numbers are STILL the MINORITY. If or when your party regains total control of the government, you just might become relevant again... until that time, you just have to sit back and take it like The People did under Bush43.
Despite what the LOSERS want or how THEY feel, the majority control in OUR government is TRYING to do right and uphold their campaign promises.... the promises WE, The People, elected them to keep. Apparently you seem to think LOSING an election still keeps YOU in power and still gives YOU the RIGHT to try blocking legislation supported by the MAJORITY of The People!
YOU, on the "right," had your chances to do right for eight years and did nothing! Instead the "right" used every effort to tear down this great nation and turn it into a giant PRIVATE business with no accounting to The People. Well get over it... YOU LOST! YOUR opinions do NOT represent the opinions of the majority of Americans.
Now YOU are on the LOSING side of the battle and it doesn't feel very nice to lose your absolute total control of EVERYTHING... does it? All of you on the "right" are NOW beginning to feel that shaft being driven deeply into YOUR rectums this time around... doesn't feel very nice, does it? When the "right" controlled, literally, every branch of government, they did whatever they darn well wanted despite the outcries from the "left" and the objections of tens of thousands of protesters. Well the shoe is on the other foot for at LEAST three more years... don't expect any mercy where no mercy was given!

Fascists crackpots? What a gimp you are! You people throw words around like little kids on the play ground with a new dirty word! Fascists, socialist, commies? Make up your minds! Better yet try cracking open a book or two and learn the meaning of these labels you folks toss around.

The people want health care reform! The polls show 83% want it! Even republicans want it! More republicans want the public option then don't!
You can scream all you want! We don't care! In the words of your fat druggie god Rush "shut the F up! just shut up! We don't need your opinion, we don't need your vote! Just shut the F up already till you can win some elections!" Well he is right now, just like a broken clock is right twice a day!

It appears our esteemed, self-serving, pontificating legislators are attempting to change (what they are now calling the Boxer/Kerry bill) from Cap-and Trade to a more politially correct "Pollution Reduction & Investment".

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It won't. Obama negotiated under the table with big Phrma and got $81 Billion in savings from them--a drop in the bucket for a decade of costs--not to mention inflation on that money. In return, Obama promised them there would be NO negotiations for lower drug prices, CUTTING SENIORS OFF AT THE KNEES.

The democrats are not interested in lowering prices and making healthcare more affordable and accessible for all. We could do this in a much more efficient and private way. They really want to set the stage to eventually move our country into a single payer system, thereby taking total government control of 18% of our economy. The only thing TRANSPARENT in the Obama administration is how blatantly corrupt it is.