There is nothing negative about where the House bill stands right now

This is was the state of the House bill on August 1:



Here is what Congressman Grijalva said based on a report that Pelosi will introduce the above bill:



Here is what the House Rules Committee Chair Louise Slaughter wrote last Wednesday:




edited to correct day.

implying that it is "better than expected". Pelosi thought she had the votes for as much better bill. Grijalva doesn't like this bill and is trying to add an amendement to make it ascceptable because it isn't. This is NOT a better than expected bill. That is why Raul is saying he won't "roll over". It could not be clearer.

while trashing her in another thread. Reality: The Dems are working to pass a public option. Grijalva and other are still fighting to strengthen the bill. In the end, they will come to consensus and pass a bill.

I have trashed pols in general but their is NO thread that trashes Pelosi! This is getting bizarre. This happened yesterday as well. reality: Pelosi was disappointed. Reality Grijalva: doesn't like this bill. He is working to fix it so that it is worth something.

failure that you're pronouncing the bill Pelosi will reportedly introduce "crap" while claiming to know she is disappointed. It's called reality, you should take stock in it sometimes.

Did you suggest: "Grijalva for President 2012"? Or am I making that up?

there are stories p;osted all over DU from the major news outlest about Pelosi's disappointment. She wanted a robust public option. Raul is trying to get an amendment passed to fix the bill. I certainly did post Grivlja for President 2012 and see nothing wrong with that. He is a real fighter and I would like to see him in the WH. You actually laughed at the idea of a latino president. Then said no one would ever run in a primary against Obama. I basically said one never knows. I doubt Raul would run but he would be a wonderful President.He is a real fighter, and a proud liberal.

We better hope this does not come back to harm us in the next decade or so. None of the proposed legislation negotiates lower drug prices for all Medicare recipients. With the number of people on Medicare growing from 46 million to 79 million there could be some hefty prices to be paid...by someone???

This amendment was approved in both the House and Senate.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6866481&mesg_id=6866481


"The public option has received the lion’s share of attention in the health care debate, but there is an equally important one relating to generic drugs that could mean the lifesaving drugs of the future remain too expensive for all but the wealthy.

Biologics are drugs made from living organisms, and they are considered the miracle drugs of the future. They are the new “blockbuster” drugs for the pharmaceutical industry. Herceptin, for breast cancer, costs $48,000 a year, and many insurance companies won’t cover it — or people quickly hit their limits and must pay for it out-of-pocket or go without.

Embrel and Remicade, for rheumitoid arthritis, Rituxan, for Non-Hodgkin’s lymphpoma, Avasta, for metastatic colorectal cancer, Lantus, for diabetes, and Avonex, for multiple sclerosis, are just a few of these biologics. When I was on chemotheraphy, I took Neulasta to boost my white blood cell count and keep my immune system going...

...But young medical and public health students across the country feel their hands are being tied as healers of the future, and they are coming out in protest. Eric Butter, a biostatistics major at UNC, led one of many such protests around the country last week.

“It is a really important issue that might not affect us now, but 10 years down the road it will be huge,” Butter said..."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6880388&mesg_id=6880388

"Lies, damn lies, and promises from Democrats. An amendment allowing states to create state-level single-payer healthcare has been stripped out of the House healthcare bill, after having passed in committee back in July by a vote of 27 to 19. And rumor has it that a vote on national single-payer that was promised in July in exchange for skipping a committee vote on it will now be denied..."