"Senate group closer to compromise on healthcare measure; Plan being crafted omits key option" by David Espo and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press | July 28, 2009
WASHINGTON - After weeks of secretive talks, a small bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer yesterday to a healthcare compromise that omits a requirement for businesses to offer coverage to their workers and lacks a government insurance option that President Obama favors, according to numerous officials....
Then it is NO REFORM AT ALL and EXACTLY WHAT the BLOGS SAID!
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It jettisons other core Democratic provisions in a reach for bipartisanship on an issue that has so far produced little. Officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the private negotiations, stressed that no firm agreement has been reached, and said there is no guarantee of one.
Why even bother having elections anymore if they aren't even going to fulfill this basic promise.
Obama’s top domestic priority has suffered numerous setbacks in recent weeks, and Republicans have stepped up their criticism. A full Senate vote has been put off until September.
Still, administration and Democratic leaders hope to show significant progress before lawmakers begin their monthlong recess in hopes of regaining momentum.
In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a floor vote is still possible in the next few days, and Democrats called a meeting of all their House members late yesterday afternoon.
Don't you love being lied to by the leader, 'murka!
It's not too late: IMPEACH PELOSI for KNOWING ABOUT TORTURE if nothing else!!!!
The overhaul effort received a boost during the day from the US Chamber of Commerce, normally a close ally of Republicans. In a letter to committee leaders, the business group called for the panel to “act....
When the POWERS-THAT-BE and the MONEYED INTERESTS want something, that's when I say NO, NO, NO, NO , NO!!!!
They HAVE NOT DONE anything with our benefit in mind, and I don't see that changing: Why You Are Getting National Health Care
Of course, those swine flu shots wouldn't have anything to do with it, either, would it? Did he say follow the $$$? Hey, your AmeriKan MSM would never lie to you, would they?
In yet another boost for the drive to enact legislation, PhRMA, which represents drug companies, has purchased more than $500,000 worth of television ads to air during the week in nine states.
What did I just link up? Arrrrrggh!!!!!
Democratic leaders were also buoyed by a new analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that a new government health insurance plan sought by Obama could coexist with private insurers without driving them out of business.
That's such a canard; or maybe it isn't if you consider what I want: Sicko or bust! You guys are bright guy; telling me you can't figure this out? Can't figure this out, can't figure out the economy, getting us into wars we hate, looting us the whole time, don't you think you should wise up? Why are you in charge of any of this s***, anyway?
The White House and congressional Democrats were angered two weeks ago when the Congressional Budget Office director, Douglas Elmendorf, told Congress that the House bill lacked mechanisms to bring healthcare costs under control.
Yeah, well, all I can say is HOW DOES IT FEEL, Democraps!?
Welcome into the pool.
Now, Democrats are using the budget office’s suggestion that a government-run insurance plan would not destroy private insurers to rebut one of the main charges against their proposal - that it would lead to a federal takeover of the private health insurance marketplace.
More than 160 million workers and family members now get health insurance through an employer. A widely cited study by the Lewin Group, a private health research firm, estimated that more than 100 million people would sign up for the public plan proposed by House Democrats, making it the dominant insurer....
You know, we would ALL DO the single-payer (pick a country) bit, because like 80% of the PUBLIC WANTS that!
Instead (teurn to top of post for mind-steamer)....
Update:
"Obama officials: Taxes may rise to pay health care" by Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer | August 3, 2009
I just have to put forward the idea that WHY do they have to RAISE TAXES when the "secret agreement" has NO MANDATE and NO "public option?"
Of course, we KNOW WHY, readers!
Because Washington will DEFAULT unless it comes up with NEW REVENUES (read: higher txes on you after all the stimulus and bailout loot was borrowed for you to pay back with interest -- and here we go again).
WASHINGTON --Two of President Barack Obama's economic heavyweights said middle-class taxes might have to go up to pare budget deficits or to pay for the proposed overhaul of the nation's health care system.
It's just one broken promise after another; no wonder they are preparing for tyranny with their swine flu plots and war escalations.
The tough talk from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers on Sunday capped a week that brought rare good news for the economy: The worst recession in the United States since World War II could be on the verge of ending. Even so, officials appeared willing to extend unemployment benefits.
Yeah:
Geithner and Summers both sidestepped questions on Obama's intentions about taxes. Geithner said the White House was not ready to rule out a tax hike to reduce the federal deficit; Summers said Obama's proposed health care overhaul needs funding from somewhere.....
I WANT the WAR MONEY and the BAILOUT LOOT BACK!!!
And chuck in that wasted stimulus, too!
You know what the "stimulus" is doing around here?
PAINTING CROSSWALKS and STREET SIGNS!
Hey, I get out and around, you know -- at least, for now.
During his presidential campaign, Obama repeatedly pledged "you will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime." But the simple reality remains that his ambitious overhaul of how Americans receive health care -- promised without increasing the federal deficit -- must be paid for.
But the BANK BAILOUTS and WARS? No such concerns.
And HOW ABOUT those BILLIONS we GIVE to ISRAEL (who then s***s in our face)?
I'd rather it go for HEALTH CARE here, or BETTER YET, GIVE it to GAZA!!!!!!!!!!!!
"If we want an economy that's going to grow in the future, people have to understand we have to bring those deficits down. And it's going to be difficult, hard for us to do. And the path to that is through health care reform," Geithner said.....
Yup, and that path leads right to Beijing!
On Friday, a report detailed the economy dipped only slightly in the second quarter of this year -- falling at a 1 percent annual pace, better than expected. The government report permitted optimism that the economic downturn is approaching its end....
Like I'm going to believe some self-interested, lying government and its messanger whore here! It's TOO LATE FOR THAT, MSM!
Either START TELLING the TRUTH or SHADDUP!!
Many analysts think the economy is starting to grow again in the current quarter, setting up a long-awaited recovery....
Jobs, though, are still elusive....
Yeah, you know where they are "eluding" to?
GM Gives America the Tail Pipe
IBM Moves 5,000 U.S. Jobs to India
China's Manufacturing Jobs Surged As American Jobs Disappeared
Gee, something inside you die, American democracy?
Update: White House: No tax hike on middle class
Fer crying out loud, I just put the post up!
I'm not that effective an advocate, am I?
