Pelosi To Initiate The Suicidal Reconciliation Healthcare Ins. Battle
By Julie Smith on March 5, 2010, 8:12 amThe Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, seems confident in the new reconciliation bill. She went so far, today, as to say that she is confident that the health reform proposals will move forward. President Obama and the Democrats in Congress have resorted to reconciliation to push the Senate health care bill through the House.
Pro-Abortion Bill
Given what they are up against, they should not count those chickens just yet because of the pro-abortion issues with the health care bill will face; some say this health care reform bill that provides federal funding for abortion. Sources speculate that as many as 10-12 pro-life Democrats who previously voted for the bill may now change their vote to a ‘no’. Respected pro-life Democrat, Rep. Bart Stupak has already confirmed that his vote will be ‘no’ on the house bill.
With this bill being such a moral issue, it is causing many to jump the health care bill ship. An aide went so far as to say that this is a moral issue that does not involve compromise. Speaker Pelosi stated that there is no federally funded abortion and that people who believe that there should be no federal funding of abortion will vote for the bill. She went on to urge them that if they believed there is a need for all Americans to have health care, then they would vote for the bill.
The Reconciliation Bill’s Provisions
This bill promises to provide help for the middle class to be able afford health insurance; it will cut out the deal for Medicaid reimbursement for Nebraska and lean toward more generous federal support. It also promises to delay the proposed tax on high-cost health plans for several years. Pelosi said that issues such as addressing part-time workers are still being worked out.
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Health Care Reform is Easy
The republicans have used reconciliation on health care before plenty of times – heck they created the whole CHIP program – via reconciliation. Dear lord stop swallowing the kool-aid – this isn’t a sporting event my side versus your side (do you think the status quo might be aware of the concept of divide and conquer – don’t be such dupes)
People, people, people – this is about getting our dollars back from the richest 1% that hoard them at the top (there is no such thing as trickle down) or For Profit insurance wouldn’t be killing the middle class, driving people with health insurance into bankruptcy, and tying a dead weight around small business and even the bigger national corporations – this has to get done – our politicians are playing games to get elected….
they are not “governing” but manipulating voter sentiment to whip up turn out to try and win elections – not based on any specific philosophy of governing but for plain old self interest.
Actual governing takes a huge back seat to “will I get re-elected” – the easiest way to solve the health care debacle of for profit health care is simple – but handing a success to the other party – isn’t how the political “game” is played.
Unfortunately our lives are caught in the cross fire of their STUPID GAME. And because of game playing we deregulated everything and created the global financial meltdown – ooppps – maybe proper management would have prevented that – but politics has never been about properly managing our resources – its about GETTING RE-ELECTED.
Healthcare is easy – here’s how –
“Use Senate reconciliation and expand Medicare via the Senate’s buy-in provisions. The CBO has already signed off on this as a means of saving money.
More importantly, if more Americans can do a buy-in with Medicare, it creates more cost control (because there’s a genuine competitor to for-profit healthcare).
It also helps to solve the problems of pre-existing conditions, because Medicare does not deny coverage on this basis.
Allowing a Medicare buy-in to Americans under 65 would give people a genuine alternative to private insurance and thereby render the pre-existing question moot.
It would also lower Medicare costs by expanding the risk pool of patients (the great bulk of medical expenses are accounted for by a small number of people, mostly the elderly, requiring very expensive treatment).
And it would substantially enhance the global competitiveness of American corporations. After all, in what other country in the world is health care a marginal cost of production for business?” – Roosevelt Institute Marshall Auerback
Now get out there tell your neighbors, your friends, pick up the phone and email your representatives – because whether you like it or not we are all in this together – and it’s us versus the politicians – not each other.
Paul Burke
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