On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > "It still has nothing to do with socialism." > > Ahh, but it does. The bill itself is a socialist ideal. The health care > system will come to resemble European health care systems unless the bill is > repealed.
At this point I have to question your intelligence Jerry. I followed the bill progress very closely because 1) It is a long standing interest of mine. I was knocking on doors in 1994 for health care reform and 2) this is the industry I work in. The bill, as passed, basically requires every citizen in country (under Medicare eligibility age) to buy private health insurance. Private health insurance, Jerry. Your bullshit about "socialist ideal" is a giant pile of crap. Obama and the Senate Dems explicitly took single payer off the table before negotiations even started. Which is a lousy way to negotiate if you ask me, but then again, the Obama administration doesn't really ask progressives what they think. Then came the so-called Public Option or "Medicare for all". In yet another nod to the Republicans and corporate-owned Dems (hi Blanche Lincoln!) that was taken off the table. Not only did governmental control of health care not happen, governmental control of health insurance didn't happen and not even a government backed plan was allowed to compete with private insurance. We instituted a Republican sponsored Individual Mandate and took every progressive backed plan to bring down costs (the Public Option reduced the deficit, remember?) off the table. Yeah, fucking socialism Jerry. Jud ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326580 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
