Mikey: A trillion dollars here and a trillion dollars there.
What does it matter??? It is all our grandchildren's, great granchildren's and great, great granchildren's money. All for OUR comfort. On Dec 27, 7:42�am, "mike [never forget] 532" <[email protected]> wrote: > Establish Medicare Part "E" for All Americans Under the Age of > 65:http://buzzflash.com/articles/node/7294 > In Canada, the universal health care system is simply called medicare > -- and that's what it should be in the U.S. �And instead of the 1342- > page proposal Hillary Clinton put together that was a politically > jerry-rigged, confusing plan -- or the Obama proposal that would > leave > insurance companies pretty much intact (whose goal is to make money > by > reducing care as much as possible) -- it would be the simplest and > boldest political move to simply propose to Congress this sentence to > become law: "All Americans under the age of 65 will be covered by > Medicare Part 'E.'" > > Simplicity is often the most audacious and successful strategy. > Since > Medicare for seniors became the law in 1965 as part of Lyndon > Johnson's "Great Society," it has become the government program most > embraced by Americans. �Any Republican or Democrat who would dare run > against Medicare risks a landslide defeat at the polls in any > statewide or national election. > > You can't tinker with a broken, for-profit medical insurance system > and make it work. > > The Republicans are scared to death that if all Americans were > covered > by Medicare (with the health insurance companies shoved to the > sidelines of supplemental insurance), it would lead to a new > confidence in government. �In fact, we could be wrong, but we don't > know of any government that adopted single-payer medical care and > then > rolled it back. �That is because even when it is flawed, it is wildly > popular. �Just do a poll among seniors in South Florida. �Even > Republicans on the West Coast of the Sunshine State love Medicare, as > they -- ironically -- denounce "socialized" medicine! > > There is no reason not to cover all Americans under Medicare through > Medicare Part "E." �Of course the insurance companies and > pharmaceutical firms will send their squadrons of lobbyists out in > full force. �But as far as effective public policy and returning our > nation to competency in government after an administration that let > the multiple incompetencies and greed of Wall Street and the > military- > industrial complex run our nation into the ground, there would be no > restorative as powerful as extending the Medicare program to all > Americans. > > So we are a bit discouraged to have read in the Boston Globe that the > Obama Administration, through HHS Secretary-designate Tom Daschle, is > going to negotiate with Congress -- and that there is already an 89- > page "policy paper" being circulated on Capitol Hill representing the > Obama position on health care reform. > > That's 89 pages too long. > > All that's needed, as we said, is this sentence: "All Americans under > the age of 65 will be covered by Medicare Part 'E.'" > > It would keep any plan from death by a thousand GOP and lobbyist > cuts, > and it would provide America a health care plan beloved by those who > are currently using it. > > And it would restore a respect for government among millions and > millions of Americans who have become disenchanted by the disastrous > legacy of the Bush Administration. > > It's the kind of savvy, brazen move that gives the Republican > leadership cold shivers. > > Because it is stunning in its simplicity and effectiveness. > > And the only way that you could argue against it is to make a case > against Medicare. > > And let the GOP just try to do rip Medicare to shreds. �They'll go > down in flames. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
