POTUS Obama's version of health care reform legislation was revealed yesterday. It won't win him any points as it leaves out a public option or Medicare for all.
I'm beginning to think he is just obtuse and totally out of touch. His plan SUCKS big time and is totally unacceptable as long as it requires a public mandate with NO public option or Medicare for all.
His plan also comes at a time when support for a public option via reconciliation is gaining Momentum in the Senate.
Does he not read the polls? Does he not understand that there is 70% public support for a public option? Or is he so intent on framing his image as a SO-CALLED "BIPARTISAN" President that it is more important to him than enacting legislation that will work for America?
The bill that he posted last night is another boondoggle just like his mortgage plan. It won't help small businesses. It won't help individuals without health insurance. It won't help people with pre-existing conditions.
Oh yeah, it requires health insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing conditions but those policies will be so expensive that it won't be affordable to most.
His idea of giving poorer families relief is laughable as ANYONE who has had to deal with the massive bureaucracy called the Federal Government can tell you that it is more trouble than it is worth. IT WON'T WORK and will only make more criminals because people will choose to pay their rent, and feed their families and forego paying costly health premiums that WON'T cover their needs in the event of a major medical event.
His health plan won't keep drug prices down or premiums down. It will be just another piece of shoddy (I can think of a better word than that beginning with an SH) legislation that WON'T solve the problem giving more ammo to the right wing nut cases that are out takeover our government.
Congress does not have a Constitutional right to require a mandate without a public plan. You would think someone who taught Constitutional Law would understand that. I have read and reread the Constitution and it's pretty clear. They can levy taxes and collect tariffs but there is nothing that would allow them to enact a mandate like they are discussing unless they have a public plan for ALL AMERICANS.
In fact he campaigned on a public option and no mandate. So I guess he's just another political liar. Because if he had told the truth Hillary Clinton might be POTUS today and not him.
He also has repeatedly said since he took the oath of office that he supported a public option. So how come his new legislation looks an awful lot like the STINKY Senate bill that the majority of the country DOES NOT support hence falling poll numbers.
The call for using reconciliation to get REAL legislation is becoming louder and louder every day. So it is totally unproductive as well as unacceptable for the POTUS to come out with legislation that looks like something the Bush Administration would propose.
I don't understand the Dems hesitation to use reconciliation especially since it has been used in the past to get legilation that was important to a President's agenda. There are plenty examples of it being used WITHOUT any political repercussions. For the most part, the American people don't care how they do it, JUST GET IT DONE!
I will not vote for Obama again because it has become painfully clear that he is just another bogus politician who just doesn't get it. If he did, he would act appropriately, listen to the will of the people and give us the public option or Medicare for all that he promised when we voted for him.