Will we get a decent public health care plan during Obama's first term?

[ZombieHorde]

A decent public health care plan would be one in which anyone could join and receive the care they signed up for. (I know this is vague, but I hope you understand what I am referring too.)

Poor and middle class families would be able to afford this public health care plan.

People would not be denied care because of some weird typo or preexisting conditions.

Etc.

[Skittles]

1. no

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. If we don't get one now, we never will

Because the shitty plan will be labeled "reform", and especially if it's mandatory corporatism, no real reform will ever be considered "necessary" by the Destructive Lobbyist-fellating Cowards who have infected our party.

[Naturyl]

3. Define "decent."

To me, that would be single-payer.

I voted no, because it's looking less likely we'll get anything but a bill that puts the insurance corporations first.

[ZombieHorde]

4. The text in my OP is an attempt to answer your question. nt

[NYC_SKP]

5. I think "Yes". Of course it won't be single payer, there's aren't enough good Dems in Congress...

It was never going to be the full-blown single payer system that so many would love.

The president never suggested that it was what he was trying to do and there aren't the votes in Congress to get it done.

I believe we will get substantial reform such that poor and middle class families will be able to afford it and preexisting conditions will not disqualify members of the plan.

President Obama does not sound like he's going to let this go.

If it doesn't happen at all this year it will come back with a vengeance and be passed, certainly before his first term has ended.

Count on it.

:patriot:

[ZombieHorde]

6. I hope you are right. nt

[Teaser]

7. aw, looks like the sad clown failure posse has been here.

.

[ZombieHorde]

8. What does your reply mean? nt

[Teaser]

10. it means that DU is full of Debbie Downers

who think we can't win this and they are all voting in this poll.

[ZombieHorde]

12. What should we call the people who voted "yes",

or the people like me who voted "I have no idea"?

[Teaser]

14. hierophants

either that or "chocolate wig internists".

[rucky]

9. We better - or his first term may be his last.

It's Congress' fault, but it'll still make him damaged goods.

My hope is the voters clean House in the midterms - literally, and get rid of the corrupted Congresscritters. then maybe we can pass something real in 2011?

[dhpgetsit]

11. Probably not

Because corporations call all the shots in Washington.

[Mz Pip]

13. We'll get something

but it will be far from what most of us hope for.

Hopefully, whatever gets passed can be built upon and expanded in the future. If something passes and the world as we know it does not end then maybe the congress critters will be willing to stick their necks out for more.

[ZombieHorde]

15. Shameless self kick. nt