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Republicans and Blue Democrats reject all public option plans?

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Question: Republicans and Blue Democrats reject all public option plans?

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE58S58G20090929?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected including a government-run “public” insurance option, which is backed by President Barack Obama, in its sweeping healthcare reform bill.

The panel voted 15-8 against a government-run insurance plan in the first of what is expected to be several battles in Congress over the public option, one of the most contentious issues in the raging U.S. debate over healthcare reform.

Obama has made reforming the $ 2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system his top domestic priority.

Five Democrats joined all the panel Republicans in opposing inclusion of the government-run option in the bill. The issue is expected to be raised again in the full Senate and the House of Representatives.

The Senate Finance plan by Democratic Chairman Max Baucus is the only healthcare bill pending in Congress that does not have a public insurance plan, which Obama and other backers say would boost competition for insurers.

Republican critics said the public option would devastate the private insurance industry and ultimately lead to a government takeover of the sector.

Democratic Senator John Rockefeller, who offered an amendment to insert a public option, said the approach would give the public more choices and force the insurance industry to compete.

“Who comes first, the insurance companies or the American people?” he asked.

Senator Charles Grassley, the senior Republican on the panel, said the public option would represent a first step toward what he said was the eventual goal of Democrats — a complete government-run health insurance system.

“A government-run plan will ultimately drive private insurers out of business,” Grassley said. “If you support government bureaucrats, not doctors, making decisions, you should support this amendment.”

This only leaves Baucus’s plan, what are your thoughts on this update, predictable? joyful? sad? Fill me in.
senior blue health insurance

Best answer:

Answer by Earl
The democrats will make it happen once the plan is perfected. They don’t want it on the main senate floor until it’s perfected.

If Montana has cheaper health insurance than NC, why don’t Democrats want me to be able to buy a policy there?

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Question: If Montana has cheaper health insurance than NC, why don’t Democrats want me to be able to buy a policy there?
The Republicans have proposed pressuring states’ insurance monopolies to lower their costs by making them compete with other states. Why don’t Democrats want you to be able to buy a policy from any state in the union?
cheaper health insurance

Best answer:

Answer by JimSock
Patronage. Liberals live and die by it.

Illegal immigrants likely covered under Democrats’ healthcare reform.(Inside Track): An article from: The New American

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Date: August 31, 2009
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Whty are Democrats putting a “Job Bill” label on everything they are trying to pass?

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Question: Whty are Democrats putting a “Job Bill” label on everything they are trying to pass?
Do they think Americans won’t know that “Once Again” Democrtas are trying to pass off Bull Sh** as real help for the unemployed?

Democratic lawmakers insist they are tackling the job crisis, even as they push forward other, unrelated parts of their agenda. Democrats promoted the recently passed health care bill as a measure that would add jobs to the economy and they relabeled the Senate global warming and energy bill the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.

The climate bill’s main sponsor, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has insisted in recent weeks that the bill’s focus will be to create green jobs, DESPITE warnings by critics that it will eliminate far more by raising energy rates and imposing a fuel tax

Labeled by Congress as jobs legislation

>>Health care overhaul — Mandates health insurance coverage, provides tax credits for businesses to provide health care, subsidizes health care for millions and raises taxes.

>>Global warming and energy bill — Aims to reduce carbon emissions and expand alternative energy, creating green jobs. Would also expand drilling.

>>Travel Promotion Act — Charges many international visitors a $ 10 fee that will be used to fund a new national tourism board aimed at attracting visitors to the United States.

>>Short-term extension of unemployment benefits health insurance subsidies.

>>A Senate-passed $ 34.5 billion Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization — Modernizes the nation’s air traffic control system.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/politics/congress/Congress-plays-the-name-game-on-jobs-90380359.html

sandra: not a rant but a legitimate question. Why are they hiding bills under differing “labels”
short term international health insurance

Best answer:

Answer by Nikki
Camouflage.

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