Democrat Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, the first woman to chair the House Rules Committee, has written a scathing op-ed about the recently passed Senate health care bill:
It’s time that we draw the line on this weak bill and ask the Senate to go back to the drawing board. The American people deserve at least that.
And she’s not talking about fixing a few items while reconciling it with the House bill:
A conference report is unlikely to sufficiently bridge the gap between these two very different bills.
Is there anyone out there, Left, Right or Center, who actually likes the pig’s breakfast that Harry Reid, Blue Dog Ben and their Senatorial accomplices produced in the Senate?
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Now you’re getting desperate again - bringing out the obvious and large constituency that wants the bill to go much further with a proper public option. But your country is now on the cusp of a historic change - and you got it right a while ago. You have to start small sometimes to get big. And I think we safely ignore your nonsense about Dems wanting only ‘power and money’ - what’s certain is that you and your far right friends have not once given any thought to the plight of the uninsured.
Posted 23 Dec 2009 at 4:56 pm ¶To which “plight” are you referring? The one where they get taken care of at every ER in the country, regardless of your ability to pay? That “plight”? The “plight” of drug companies giving you free medicine if you can demonstrate need? That “plight”? The “plight” of doctors doing pro bono work totaling millions of dollars a year for those that can’t otherwise afford it? That “plight”? Or are you merely referring to the “plight” of the Democrat congress that, even while totally in control of both the legislative and executive branches, can’t actually pass the much stronger public option you so desperately want? That “plight”?
Posted 23 Dec 2009 at 5:38 pm ¶Gee, Marc, people without health insurance get sick or hurt & die. Strangely enough, people with health insurance also get sick or hurt and die at the same rate–100%. My rich evil friends operate free medical facilities like MacDonald House, St. Jude’s, Shriners Hospitals, endow hospitals, research facilities and clinics throughout the country–all of which will disappear eventually with this bill, along with all technological medical advances and new drugs. Can’t thank the Dems enough–and I do mean CAN’T!!!
Posted 24 Dec 2009 at 12:41 am ¶So the uninsured get the same comprehensive care, the same drugs, and chronic sickness is identical, as with gold plated insured people? But the bill has passed Senate, so long live reform and an end to inequality. I guess the acid test is for you to commit now to changing places with a newly diagnosed uninsured cancer sufferer. If you will not do that then …
Posted 24 Dec 2009 at 1:49 pm ¶“So the uninsured get the same comprehensive care … ?”
Yep. American community hospitals have indigent/charity programs that cover such patients.
I just approved several such patients for my hospital during last week or so.
Those few amounted to more than $200 thousand in free care.
Posted 24 Dec 2009 at 1:55 pm ¶No David, you know perfectly well that charity care is hard to get and for the truly indigent. People with modest earnings have to pay something. You also know perfectly well that uninsured people very often are only able to seek help after symptoms have progressed - which is one reason why cancer outcomes are worse for the uninsured. And do answer the question - would you exchange places with an uninsured cancer sufferer? And I guess the obvious question - why do you want people in your country desperate enough to qualify for charity and not a proper national insurance system? Are you happy to give $200k of ‘free care’ - and who is really paying for that?
Posted 24 Dec 2009 at 2:30 pm ¶Marc, you just don’t know what you’re talking about. A good new year’s resolution for you would be to move beyond canned “progressive” talking points and actually learn the facts.
One of the most interesting of these facts is that uninsured Americans tend to get better health care than the “insured” patients covered by nationalized health care systems.
Posted 24 Dec 2009 at 2:36 pm ¶“But your country is now on the cusp of a historic change - and you got it right a while ago.”
A watershed this ain’t. You’re a clever fellow, but a bit off when it comes to American politics. November is likely to be a bloodbath for the Dems.
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