Rep. Alan Grayson: We Have 74 Cosponsors For The "Medicare You Can Buy Into" Act

[Turborama]

Run time: 05:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97Ez1dC0Rc   Posted on YouTube: March 17, 2010 By YouTube Member: RepAlanGrayson Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 18, 2010 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 2226

 
Msnbc’s Dylan Ratigan and Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., discuss whether the proposed amendment, the Public Option Act, which would open up Medicare to all Americans, will convince wavering Democrats to vote in support of the health reform bill.

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It's nice to be able to post this from his own YouTube channel. Please click on the YouTube link and help the view count go up, embedded vids don't add to the view numbers, for some reason.

[ihavenobias]

1. Huge K & R.

PS---

[Grassy Knoll]

5. +1

[robinblue]

2. I sure will vote it up

[midnight]

3. I love this idea, but what would this "At cost" amount be? Thanks.

[Bette Noir]

11. More than you'd pay if your employer pays for most of your insurance,

but a heck of a lot less than you'd pay if you were buying in the private market. An educated guess I heard a while back was in the neighborhood of $10,000/year. Since I'm in the demo that pays ~$20,000/year for private insurance (thank heaven my husband's job gives benefits!), I'd jump at the chance for a Medicare buy-in.

[kirby]

16. Who could know?

Right now Medicare cost relates to all the seniors in the plan. Opening it to younger and healthier people should reduce the costs and price pressures.

[gateley]

4. Keep 'em coming!

:woohoo: :bounce:

[Tx4obama]

6. Here's a link to the names of the 74 co-sponsors

the link for some reason from time to time doesn't work so if at first you don't succeed try try again ;)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:18:./temp/~bdLGr5:@@@P

Edited to add the list below:

Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 3/16/2010
Rep Berkley, Shelley - 3/11/2010
Rep Brown, Corrine - 3/11/2010
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 3/16/2010
Rep Carson, Andre - 3/16/2010
Rep Chu, Judy - 3/16/2010
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. - 3/16/2010
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 3/16/2010
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel - 3/16/2010
Rep Cohen, Steve - 3/16/2010
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 3/11/2010
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 3/11/2010
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 3/11/2010
Rep DeGette, Diana - 3/16/2010
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 3/16/2010
Rep Edwards, Donna F. - 3/9/2010
Rep Ellison, Keith - 3/11/2010
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 3/16/2010
Rep Farr, Sam - 3/16/2010
Rep Filner, Bob - 3/9/2010
Rep Frank, Barney - 3/9/2010
Rep Fudge, Marcia L. - 3/11/2010
Rep Garamendi, John - 3/16/2010
Rep Green, Al - 3/11/2010
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 3/11/2010
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 3/11/2010
Rep Hall, John J. - 3/11/2010
Rep Hare, Phil - 3/11/2010
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 3/11/2010
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 3/11/2010
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. - 3/16/2010
Rep Holt, Rush D. - 3/11/2010
Rep Honda, Michael M. - 3/16/2010
Rep Israel, Steve - 3/16/2010
Rep Jackson Lee, Sheila - 3/9/2010
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 3/11/2010
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 3/11/2010
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. - 3/11/2010
Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 3/11/2010
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 3/11/2010
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 3/16/2010
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 3/9/2010
Rep Lee, Barbara - 3/11/2010
Rep Lewis, John - 3/11/2010
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 3/11/2010
Rep McDermott, Jim - 3/11/2010
Rep McGovern, James P. - 3/11/2010
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 3/11/2010
Rep Moran, Jerry - 3/16/2010
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 3/11/2010
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 3/11/2010
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 3/16/2010
Rep Olver, John W. - 3/11/2010
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 3/16/2010
Rep Pierluisi, Pedro R. - 3/11/2010
Rep Pingree, Chellie - 3/9/2010
Rep Polis, Jared - 3/9/2010
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 3/11/2010
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 3/16/2010
Rep Sablan, Gregorio - 3/11/2010
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 3/11/2010
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 3/9/2010
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol - 3/9/2010
Rep Speier, Jackie - 3/16/2010
Rep Sutton, Betty - 3/11/2010
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 3/16/2010
Rep Tonko, Paul D. - 3/16/2010
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 3/11/2010
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 3/11/2010
Rep Waters, Maxine - 3/11/2010
Rep Watson, Diane E. - 3/9/2010
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 3/11/2010
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 3/11/2010
Rep Wu, David - 3/11/2010

[Bette Noir]

10. Thanks for the list. My rep's not on it, yet.

Poor Rep Woolsey! I've been making jokes about linsey-woolsey ever since she's been making appearances on MSNBC, and here I find her middle initial really is "C." (Linsey-woolsey was an early fabric blend, of linen and wool, natch.) I wonder whether her parents knew what they were doing to her?

[robinblue]

7. K and R.

[ChiciB1]

8. Saw It Earlier... Love Ratigan These Days! But Will View & Rate YouTube! n/t

[DeSwiss]

9. K&R!!!!

[upi402]

12. k/r n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

13. K&R! I am no longer opposed to human cloning... ;)

Rated this up on YouTube, too... :patriot: :hi:

[ProgressOnTheMove]

14. That is incredible given all we've seen 74 means that progress will not be stopped. Especially if we

keep working for progressive candidates, enough of them in the Senate Congress can enact independently. There's a will there's a way, to get all 3 branches on the same page. I'm not as worried by the court ruling on campaign financing all it takes is ad campaigns to vet candidates more closely before election day all more easy via the net these days. The net when used right gives a fair and balanced picture and when progressive states invest in broadband every candidate can get a fair hearing.

[movonne]

15. I sent my e-mail off to my congressman...

[GreenTea]

17. This bill needs hundreds of cosponsors - 74 is a great start - But.....

There are 435 members of the US House of Representatives. (Also 5 non-voting delegates).

There are 100 Senators.

Congress is made up both the House and the Senate.

There are 541 total members.

Again, 74 is a great start - but the bill will needs a couple of hundred cosponsors.

[Tx4obama]

19. Huh?

When have you ever seen a Senator co-sponsor a bill in the House of Representatives?
It doesn't work that way.

So, 77 co-sponsors out of 253 Democratic House Reps is pretty darn good ;)

[GreenTea]

21. Uh, pay attention....it ultimately needs to go through the senate to pass....

The bill could have ALL 435 members of congress cosponsoring it, still it would need the senate, (and as I wrote, the bill needs at least a couple of hundred cosponsors, just in the House)....

But in the end, it'll also need a majority of senators who are for it as well, if you don't have the majority of senators - The Bill Goes Nowhere!

As I also wrote, "74 (now 77) is a great start!" ("74 + 3 = 77 now ---> 77 - Tx4obama")

[Tx4obama]

18. 74 + 3 = 77 now ---> 77

Three more co-sponsors have signed on

Rep Castor, Kathy - 3/17/2010
Rep Delahunt, Bill - 3/17/2010
Rep Welch, Peter - 3/17/2010

[Tx4obama]

26. 77 + 3 = 80 We're getting there! Now --- > 80

Three more new ones!

Rep Richardson, Laura - 3/18/2010
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben - 3/18/2010
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" - 3/18/2010

[zenprole]

20. Hecklers Beware

Alan Grayson is a heavy hitter and his slugging percentage is off the chart. Watching him do his thing can provoke hope, but the best part is that he often looks like a bemused stand up comedian - great confidence and presence, and no one yet has laid a glove on him politically. He's just getting started. I wish he'd been around when that boob DeLay was in Congress...

[defendandprotect]

22. SIGN THE PETITION . . .

http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=17

[valerief]

23. +69 trillion

[JustAnotherGen]

24. I had to give the guy some money

And I have sent over a wine-induced email. He needs to know:

1. No one can call him a girly-man
2. No one can say he didn't try
3. For those of us with Republican Congress Critters - he's OUR Congressman. He's mine. He represents my POV far more than that tool Leonard Lance ever will.

[watajob]

25. I'll get excited ...

... when he has 3 times that amount supporting the bill. Until then, I don't believe a word any one of these lying bastards utter.