Reply #97: The Dems didn't just screw up..... [View All]

[SandWalker1984]

....they got PAID to screw us, by the health care corporations that we have been paying to screw us for years.

Everyone that thinks the Senate version of health "care" reform is a bad bill needs to contact their members of the House of Representatives and tell them loudly DO NOT VOTE YES TO ACCEPT THE SENATE BILL AS WRITTEN. Otherwise, this could be our future...


Dems look at bypassing Senate health care vote

Jan 17, 11:30 PM (ET)
By CHARLES BABINGTON


BOSTON (AP) - A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday's Senate race in Massachusetts, which would enable the GOP to block further Senate action.

The likeliest scenario would require persuading House Democrats to accept a bill the Senate passed last month, despite their objections to several parts.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100118/D9D9U7Q80.html

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So, that means we would be stuck with the Senate version of "health care" reform, the version that is mostly about keeping corporate profits intact and full of loopholes such as:


Provisions permitting insurers and companies to charge more than double to employees who fail “wellness” programs because they have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol readings, or other medical conditions.

Insurers permitted to sell policies “across state lines”, exempting patient protections passed in other states. Insurers will thus set up in the least regulated states in a race to the bottom threatening public protections won by consumers in various states.

Insurers can charge four times more based on age plus more for certain conditions, and continue to use marketing techniques to cherry-pick healthier, less costly enrollees.

Insurers may continue to rescind policies for “fraud or intentional misrepresentation” – the main pretext insurance companies now use to cancel coverage.


And don't give me that crap about it can be amended later to make it better. Bill Clinton & Congress promised us we could revisit NAFTA in 6 months after passage and it's the "gift" that still keeps giving. In the last few months we've lost thousands more manufacturing jobs to Mexico and overseas.