JohnWxy
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Mon Mar-22-10 06:12 PM
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The HCR bill just passed is similar to a Republican proposal from 93 -- |
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Edited on Mon Mar-22-10 06:14 PM by JohnWxy
As you hear the Corporate Lobbyist party screaming about socialist Health Care note that the bill just passed is quite similar to the Republican HCR proposal from 1993 (File this under: "Things M$M will never tell you"): Chart: Comparing Health Reform Bills: Democrats and Republicans 2009, Republicans 1993 thanks to Progressoid who posted this here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7929878#7930363
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Mon Mar-22-10 06:16 PM
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1. They got what they wanted. |
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Mon Mar-22-10 07:31 PM
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7. so what are they screaming about. The HCR bill is similar to what they proposed in '93? |
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Mon Mar-22-10 06:21 PM
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2. Yep, that's where we're at right now |
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Mon Mar-22-10 06:24 PM
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3. Irony hardly begins to describe this...If it had been passed, it would have |
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supposedly covered 95% op Americans by 2005.
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Mon Mar-22-10 06:36 PM
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4. Progressives refused it then while waiting for something better for over a decade? |
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Mon Mar-22-10 06:48 PM
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Republicans win even by losing!
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Mon Mar-22-10 07:13 PM
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6. Actually, the Republican who proposed it was surprisingly sane. |
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Sen. John Chafee. He was actually liberal on a lot of issues despite his party.
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Mon Mar-22-10 08:06 PM
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8. knr. Thanks for tracking this down. As many of us have commented, this |
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current bill is devoid of Democratic principles.
No great cause for celebration. I checked cost for one uninsured slightly less than Medicare-age person with a middle income, and the cost for just the premium was S5300 to $7100! Totally unaffordable. Add the deductible and copays, and it's way out of reach. Oh yeah, no subsidy.
Must be nice to be a millionaire or billionaire Congressperson who doesn't have to be concerned with such details!
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Mon Mar-22-10 08:23 PM
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9. Heard a commentator mention this on NPR this morning ... |
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"This is a moderate Republican bill", or something very, very close to that, and drew the comparison with Chaffee's bill.
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