AFL-CIO: Government Option an Absolute Must

[babsbunny]

http://www.truthout.org/090109L

Tuesday 01 September 2009

by: Carrie Budoff Brown | Visit article original @ The Politico

Democratic lawmakers will not be able to count on the AFL-CIO's support if they drop the public insurance option from the health care reform legislation, union officials said Tuesday.

The AFL-CIO's incoming president, Richard Trumka, outlined "three absolute musts" in any overhaul package: a public option, an employer mandate and no tax on employer-provided health benefits.

Asked if the union would work against any bill that did not hit those targets, Trumka told reporters during a briefing: "That means we won't support the bill if it doesn't have the public option."

[Maximus0501]

1. GOOD...

The Dems and the Repugs sold out to the Corporate Military Industrial Complex a long time ago and this is proof. I'm as tired of the dems as I am the repugs. They are all. All of them in the Senate and the house a bunch of imperialist elites - Have been since Roosevelt.