An old chum and lawyer has a different take on what’s what for government-run health care now.
So now for something completely different…
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An old chum and lawyer has a different take on what’s what for government-run health care now.
So now for something completely different…
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Scott Brown was elected because he’s dark skinned and has no caucasian dialect unless he wants one.
I love it when someone states that they are a lifelong Democrat or Republican. It usually serves to excuse their lack of critical thinking. How anyone with any critical thinking ability could have believed either the Senate or House healthcare bill the right prescription is beyond me. Both bills are pork laden pieces of legislation that do little more that serve as symbols of reform, but in reality are simply payoffs from the political class to their lobbying constituencies.
From the link:
“Kudos to the Republicans for getting back in the game, but shame on them for ignoring the plight of real Americans to help their real constituencies, viz. Big Insurance, Big Hospitals, and Big Pharma.”
Wait, what?
“Big Insurance, Big Hospitals, and Big Pharma” are all on board with Obamacare because they stand to make a mint off the federal mismanagement!
I agree with Daniel…alert the press…
Both parties have some work to do…
To Frank R.: You don’t expect me to believe that Republicans are somehow incapable of putting pork into a bill, now do you? Shall I dredge up all the stuff from Tom DeLay , Phil Gramm, Dick Armey, etc.?
Let’s look at the facts: 788 amendments were filed on the Health Care Bill– 67 came from Democrats and 721 from Republicans. That’s right 721 came from Republicans.
That’s a 10 to 1 disparity in favor of Republicans for those with math skills.
197 amendments were passed in the end—36 from Democrats and 161 from Republicans. (Republicans got 5 Amendments passed for every 1 offered by Democrats). And they’re complaining? Please. Bunch of crybabies and losers if you ask me.
So please explain to me how Democrats have the most Earmarks and “pork”? Unless you ignore the facts and fail to exercise your “critical thinking skills” you cannot.
To ALRidgeRunner: No duh. That’s been the problem all along. Pork is constituency ass-kissing. Both parties are guilty. Both parties exploit their power when they have it. That’s understood from a High School Civics Class, so how is that somehow a surprise?
Tim R., I absolutely believe that Republicans like to add pork to bills. That is precisely why their constituents are so enraged with them. It is also why many independents voted Democrat in the last election. To many who post on this site, it is immaterial which party is guilty of the excess spending.
Also, before you start quoting numbers as impressive support for your point, however, you might want to check to see what those amendments really were about. Were they all adding pork? We some of them, perhaps, attempts to prevent the bill from spending too much? For starters here are a few amendment proposals from Republican Senator Grassley. I picked these at random and we can go through amendments one by one if you wish.
107
Grassley D1
To allow Medicare beneficiaries to keep what they have
108
Grassley D2
Medicare Physician Payment Equity
109
Grassley D3
Eliminate new trust fund taxes to fund comparative effectiveness research
Offset will be provided at the Markup.
110
Grassley D4
Improve Governance of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Perhaps these amendment proposals by John Cornyn might be instructive also.
165
Cornyn D6
Ensuring Spending Accuracy.
Reduction in spending under the Mark.
166
Cornyn D7
Protecting Seniors’ Access to Care.
Reduction in spending under the Mark.
167
Cornyn D8
Protecting the health care workforce.
Reduction in spending under the Mark.
168
Cornyn D9
Protecting Seniors’ Access to Care.
Reduction in spending under the Mark.
169
Cornyn D10
Protecting Seniors’ Access to Care.
Reduction in spending under the Mark
170
Cornyn D11
Promoting Choice and Competition in Health Care Facilities.
To be provided at the markup.
171
Cornyn D12
Promoting Choice and Competition in Health Care Facilities.
Offset will be provided at the markup.
172
Cornyn D13
Limiting Non-Economic Damages in Medical Liability Lawsuits
173
Cornyn D14
Eliminating Junk Science in Medical Liability Lawsuits.
174
Cornyn D15
Protecting Generic Drug Manufacturers from Liability for Label Language That They Did Not Write.
175
Cornyn D16
Encouraging Amicable Settlement of Medical Liability Lawsuits.
176
Cornyn D17
Encouraging Compliance with the Institute’s Recommendations
177
Cornyn D18
Limiting Punitive Damages
178
Cornyn D19
Protecting Doctors from Frivolous Lawsuits.
179
Cornyn D20
Protecting Doctors from Excessive Damage Awards.
180
Cornyn D21
Ensuring that seniors can keep the health care benefits they have.
Reduction in spending under the Mark.
BOTH parties need to clean up, and the voters need to CLEAN HOUSE, literally and metaphorically…
The waste is DISGUSTING. The problem is our “representatives” have never really held “real” jobs, and they aren’t and haven’t been accountable to anyone, less special interests, for decades.
Obama sold the people on change, he just isn’t going to like it when it goes down for real.
Amanda, you are right on. I find Obama’s call for a deficit commission interesting. There are a plethora of redundant programs that could be cut. In addition the Congressional Research Services found that about 40% of the government programs are failures at doing what they were created to do. What you want to bet those will not be on the chopping block. We will get more talk about raising taxes to reduce the deficit instead.