Face it...compromising has killed them, the bill...and confused the electorate...
No one knows what's in that crap they are generating on the hill and folks are hesitant about it and rightfully so...they should have stuck with single-payer and told the GOP to suck an egg...
Sad to say and blame Baucus all you want...but Obama and his team dropped the ball on this one...
Obama and his team put the most important legislation to hit the hill in decades with a body that has proven time and again that it is corrupt and incapable of leadership as a whole...there are some solid people in the body but as a collective they have failed the American people miserably...and this time will be no different unless something is changed and quick...
An example of this was on full display this week with Congressmen running from a camera to get their position on the "Birther" debate...what an act of cowardice...since when have Americans or those that represent them been ashamed to stand up in their country for their positions right or wrong...running, ducking in stores...it was shameful...yet, they have the audacity to send America's treasure off to war.
I was sickened and hope none of our brave soldiers had to endure watching such acts of cowardice...
The Democrats are no better they stood on the sidelines and watched a corrupt colleague with the backing of the GOP single handily try to destroy the very thing that got Obama in office....hope for a better tomorrow...without so much as a peep...
My rational mind tells me this healthcare thing is just a cruel hoax on the American people to get elected...but I watched Obama for two years... every debate, every townhall meeting, every interview....I donated money...made phone calls...I just can’t throw in the towel on him yet...so I still support him 100%....but it’s crunch time and it’s time for him to call for the ball...because his supporting cast is crud
It’s time for him to crank the machine up that got him elected again...crack the whip on all those Dems who have been on the sidelines...have them step in front of the cameras and push back for his plan...I mean my god where is Debbie Wasserman Shultz when you need her to crack some GOP skull...
There’s a big broo-ha-ha about how to pay for it... if you have to put a penny tax on every can of coke, yoohoo, or snickers bar to pay for it so be it...it’s too important...
If the GOP is worried about Tort reform...that’s simple...setup local arbitration panel’s, preferably comprised of citizens on a rotation, restrict legal fees, setup a fund to disperse awards and... viola...problem solved
The bottomline is this...the insurance companies in order for this healthcare reform to work have to go the way of the dinosaurs, it’s just that simple...and in reality it could be really it's simple to explain especially to the middle class...but Obama or someone has to have the spine or the nuts to get it done.
Example: "Things change, the insurance company model is no longer an effective model and the American people can no longer afford to sustain it...just as companies had to take your jobs overseas to remain viable...and as the world progressed ghost towns were made, because certain industries were no longer viable...it is time for the insurance companies to go by the wayside as far as medical insurance is concerned, or if they want to stay viable they have to bring a product to market, that is going to outperform or exceed the coverage the single payer option this nation will provide all of its citizens..."
It’s that simple.... probably could doll the statement up some so it's not so blunt...but something along those lines...
Somebody has to bring this realization to the forefront and make it stick...Single-Payer has to be brought back to the table...it’s the only thing that makes sense...
This compromised crap they are trying to push on the American people is for the birds...and this opportunity will be squandered if the ship is not corrected....