The President today said that they - the government - have a responsbility to pass health care reform for the American people. Strange way of reading the tea leaves. Most Americans want nothing passed in terms of health care reform by this Congress. They are satisfied with what they have. Survey and survey shows over half of all Americans specifically do not want this Senate health care bill passed.
So where is the responsibility? It's to higher taxes, higher premiums, government-run health care, loss of choice, and to their own egos. They reiterate at every opportunity that generations of Presidents and Congresses have failed to enact what they feel they are so close to doing. Maybe there is a reason for that. Maybe it's just bad policy. Maybe it's bad for America. Maybe the people don't want it. Maybe even the most liberal of Senators and Congresspeople haven't be able in the past to convince their colleages - or themselves - that this was necessary or the right thing to do.
We are being threatened and bullied by the President. He says that if we do nothing costs are guaranteed to go up. Employers are guaranteed to drop coverage. Medicare and Medicaid are guaranteed to break the bank if we do nothing. Guaranteed? Strong rhetoric. How about proving that these conditions won't happen if your bill is passed?
He still is maligning many Americans by whining that there is so much misinfomation about what is in the bill. Well, how about publishing it like you promised? How about going point-by-point over what you feel to be erroneous "misinformation" with what the bill provides?
Don't tell us. Show us. Facts and figures.
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Don't worry Steve; Sheriff Joe will watch costs
He is not going to publish it or go over it point by point because he is a liar...........the only misinformation comes from him not from others.
And yet there is so much that could be done to reduce cost and increase availability, that is no cost to the taxpayers, that is not even being considered, such as true portability, purchase across state lines, tort reform, etc. I would hazard a guess that there will not even be the 5 day review period before the senate votes and it gets sent to conference committee.
Hugh,
I have a better idea. Let's just stop it now. :)
Steve
Edward,
Wishful thinking anyway. :)
Steve
Mike,
These are not being considered because that was never the goal. The goal is governemnt control. :)
Steve
I think you really nailed it with ego...
You have a friend in Washington State,
Paul
Steve - Unfortunately, the President has forgotten all the promises of transparency and that the health care negotiations would be on TV. He's pushing ahead because, like a good despot, he knows what is best for his subjects.
Steve
Great post this is the wrong bill at the wrong time. Here's the question why the hard sell? You neiled it ego.
Good luck and success.
Lou Ludwig
Actually a majority of people want health care reform. And there hasn't been nearly enough of a hard sell. Definitely one of the most bizarre periods of history in this country. Some days I think I'm on the moon. Particularly with some of what I read on a site where one presumes most people are not getting employer sponsored health insurance.
Paul,
That's one of the explanations that fits. :)
Steve
John,
Oh, you mean you actually believed all of that campaign rhetoric? :)
Steve
Lou,
Thank you. I guess this will be quite the feather in his cap. :)
Steve
Elizabeth,
Every poll I have seen for months from sources such as CNN, Rasmussen, Quinnipiac, Gallup, Fox, and WSJ show that well over half of this country wants no health care reform. This is a government introduced issue, contrary to the will of the people. :)
Steve