After spending some time writing a diary about why I support a public option, despite having private insurance, I can't help but feel cheated the more I read over Sen. Baucus's plan he put forth today.
The President knows he can veto this bill if it comes to his desk, right?
Let me share some part of my diary from yesterday with you.
My health insurance premiums being deducted from my paychecks was something that I just chalked up as inevitable. I've been receiving it and paying for it since November 2007, two months after starting my job as a newspaper reporter, prior to being promoted to editor.
Of course, with the upward mobility I've experienced over the approximately two years I've been hitting the presses, I've seen slight increases in my compensation. Call me a capitalist, but I am all for using my talents, and being rewarded for them, especially since I've worked pretty damn hard to learn and be successful - putting in long nights during elections, school board/township/city council meetings - even when they were excruciatingly boring.
But this summer, after my official promotion to editor, I got some unwelcome news.
My insurance costs each month would be going up. And I'm not talking about a 10 or 15-percent increase, I'm talking more like a 95-percent increase. My company, which will go unnamed, but rightly so, includes the acronym BS (hint, the S stands for shield), jacked up my monthly payments from $82 a month to $160 a month.
Now I read up on the plan Max Baucus put forth, and, sorry, I just can't fully support it. In fact, I am skeptical as to whether or not any good will come out of it.
In this instance, it's time for Obama to act like the socialist the right paints him as. PUBLIC OPTION OR BUST!
Veto this fuckin' bill if it comes to your desk. Hopefully it doesn't. When the House gets their hands on this, they need to put something in place that actually will help America.
You've already been called bad names and been given bad labels, Mr. President. But if some good comes out of it, then the name calling won't be in vain.
I hope whatever bill we get works. And when healthcare is passed, I pray that my costs will go down.
But Max Baucus, Sen. "gimme insurance money," isn't getting the job done. Plus, the Republicans and teabagging bitches are going to vote against you and call you names anyways, so fuck them and Sen. Baucus. Use that pen to veto his shitty excuse for healthcare reform.