Dems Say They'll Pursue Progressive Health Care Reforms AFTER Legislation Passes

[Bluebear]

Senate Democrats are already lowering expectations for the final health care bill, insisting that there will be more efforts at reform to come.

In a conference call with reporters on Friday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) both stressed that they will continue to try to tinker with changes to the health care insurance and delivery system and the pharmaceutical industry, even after legislation passes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/11/dems-say-theyll-pursue-he_n_388951.html
http://www.americablog.com/

[chimpymustgo]

1. Well, that pretty much sums it up. Would be funny, if it weren't life-and-death TRAGIC.

[OHdem10]

2. Very nice thought, HOWEVER if GOP get significant number of

seats in 2010--that promise will not be easy to keep.

It best to have the best bill pass now and have American
People happy before 2010.

[kenny blankenship]

3. Apparently our expectations are STILL too high.

Meaning, there's something else they have yet to give away in exchange for bribe money.

[nosmokes]

4. Yeah,that's why we have all those Bushco officials under investigation...

Lying sacks of shit. they won't lift a a goddamn diamond studded pinky finger to do squat after this passes. their new careers will be secure.

[charlie]

5. Put it in the "soon to be fixed" queue

somewhere behind NAFTA. We'll wait. And wait. And wait.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Yep. That worked so well with TARP, too.

Whitehouse, eh?
Whitehouse, who was SO vocal about pursuing Rove's Contempt of Congress behavior, but has done nothing about it.
Whitehouse, who was SO vocal about Gonzales, but did nothing.

All I care about is ACTIONS...Timely actions. We all know "after" they give the Health Care Industry what
it has bought and paid for, nothing will happen to change that.

But we also know our protests will change nothing. We protested 100 to 1 against TARP, they did it anyhow and had so many WORDS to justify why we were ignored.

Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results, how's that working for us?

[mmonk]

7. Why not now? Where is the crystal ball that indicates they will stay in power?

[hayu_lol]

9. Sounds like a Reid, Pelosi, Hoyer statement to me...

and we know what those folks are like.

Do it right the first time like other workers have to do.

[laughingliberal]

15. A wilted carrot. Elect us again to fix the horrible bill we passed. nt

[chill_wind]

8. Keepin that powder dry, n/t

[Robbien]

10. DC Dems really believe lefties are stupid don't they

Trust them they say.

Yeah, right.

[bvar22]

14. No. They believe the "Centrists" are stupid.

I agree with them.

You CAN fool some of the people ALL the time.

[cilla4progress]

11. Pass nothing

If you can't pass the right thing. As long as it takes...time for individual congresspeople to start marching!

[flyarm]

12. AND PURPLE PIGS FLY!! I know it..they do..they really do!!!!!! eom

[Vidar]

13. They say lots of shit.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. How long until the "not on the table" and "we need more seats" statements begin?

[LeftyFingerPop]

17. If they don't do it now, they will never do it.

Or to put it another way, they will never do it. Period.

[leftstreet]

18. Dem leadership cry for help 'Waah! Please put us back in the minority!'

:cry:

If they keep up this great work, their learned helplessness will be rewarded at the midterms.

[laughingliberal]

19. If it wasn't so tragic, it would be comical

After we pass a health care reform bill, we'll work on reforming health care.

edited to add left out word

[Nite Owl]

20. The Senate bill requires

more than a tinkering.

[natrat]

21. words for small children and the stupid

[GeorgeGist]

22. Tinker ?

oh my!

[The Gunslinger]

23. Your Charlie Brown pic summarizes the whole debacle perfectly.

[piratefish08]

24. We're fucked.

[Vidar]

25. They say a lot of things.

[WT Fuheck]

26. great pic.

Isn't that what they said during the campaign too (except for the "after it passes" part)?

[Nikki Stone1]

27. If you don't use your leverage, you lose it. I say scrap the bill and start with single payer

And keep Obama and Rahm away from their Johns in the insurance companies.