Gov Doyle plans for Universal Healthcare

Governor Doyle of Wisconsin was interviewed on CBS news saying that he and 12 other governors are going forward on plans to have universal healthcare, put together at the state level. He said he isn't going to wait for Washington, because they aren't doing anything. I thought it was great news. There is great pressure now with large companies such as Ford Motors unable to compete with foreign countries because of high cost of health care, and when a state like Wisconsin loses great number of jobs, then it tips the scale for legislators to see that if would be better to keep the jobs, and have the state pay for the healthcare.

I think it is only a matter of time before universal healthcare comes into being, with someone like Governor Doyle leading the way.

[suffragette]

1. Good for him and Wisconsin

Did he say who the other governors are?

2. No, he didn't say who the other governors

were. I was trying to research it on the internet, but it must be hot off the press.

[suffragette]

9. This is one to keep an eye on.

Thanks for sharing this good news today.

Edited to add a verb

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. That's how Canada got it, one province at a time

:shrug:

[WearyOne2]

4. they should go ahead with 12 states and show how it could be done

everywhere..universal health care terrifies the right wing..once it's in no-one would ever vote for a politician who wants to fiddle with, or destroy it.

[alarcojon]

5. Go Gov. Doyle!

Get that going real quick - I happen to live in your state.

[sandnsea]

6. Kitzhaber in Oregon

He's not the governor anymore, but he just decided to focus on getting universal health care in Oregon instead of running again. Maybe he's in on this too. I hope they come up with something that is truly affordable and universal. It's way past time.

[hippiechick]

7. Let's just hope asswad Mark Green (R- idiot) doesn't get elected ...

... because that spiteful hateful bastard would eviscerate any progress a Doyle/Lawton Administration would be able to make ...


:hi:

11. Republicans really don't like Doyle

but what else is new. Doyle was raring to go to send the Wisconsin national guard to help New Orleans, but was waiting for Washington to give him the OK, and he was upset about that. I think Doyle is pretty popular here.

[hippiechick]

12. .. what I've heard from the homefront (Green Bay ish) ...

... Green's the 'God fearing favorite son' ( :puke: I knew him in high school) and the backwoods rednecks are still plastering Lawton as a 'limosuine liberal' (which also sank her Senate bid to Drzewicki in 96) and Doyle's 'one of those Madison liberals' ...

I hope Green gets his friggin' clock cleaned.

15. Lots of rednecks

in Wisconsin, but we are overall a blue state I believe.

[shraby]

8. Doesn't Hawaii already have something

like that? Seems I read a long time ago that they were doing just that.

10. 18 states have legislation on universal healthcare

I found a good website that gives a rundown on the states that have legislation proposed.

""Currently, at least 18 states have introduced legislation regarding Universal Health Care: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and Vermont.""

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/universalhealth.htm

[EC]

13. I've been writing him monthly about this

told him every time that ** wasn't going to do it and we needed it and jobs, i.e. businesses...maybe writing does make a difference. I pointed out how WalMart, Aurora Healthcare and Menards along with many other big box businesses were using our states WISCONCARE to their advantage for their employees while still getting tax breaks for having their business here and we should just forget about Washington and do it ourselves....Good for him...:applause:

14. yes, maybe he heard you

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