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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:28 AM Original message |
Is there any way out for Obama on health reform? |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. I must say that for a country that built the Pentagon in nine month in |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Corporatism = Fascism... it is probably too late |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Medicare took less than a year |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. That was back in the day that Congress actually worked and got something |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. +1 |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Thanks!! |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. if he stands up presents a plan cloned to Amsterdam's and demands a vote he will start a wave in the... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's really very simple. If incrementalism is the only possibility for the moment-- |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. HR 676 |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. That would be best. However, for people committed to incrementalism-- |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Gotcha |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. Agreed. The plan is a dog, and we'd all be better off passing nothing. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Its very sad when the status quo seems the safer bet... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. I don't disagree with anything he has said here. Open up Medicare now, not ambiguity about 2013. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. K&R. The only thing worse than doing nothing is passing corporate welfare pseudo-"reform" |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Exactly. He might have advocated true health care reform instead of wet dream insurance reform |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. The easiest thing would be to just remove the age restriction on medicare - |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You got it sister/brother... |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Allowing Americans to buy in to Medicare at a REVENUE NEUTRAL premium would not require a tax at al. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Pretty much right on but... |
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WeCanWorkItOut (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. He could turn a slower, more thoughtful approach into a "positive" --as it would be |
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prostomulgus (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. The source of the problems here are the repukes |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. No, the problem is that everybody is afraid of the insurance lobby - |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. This seems a very fair critique |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Thanks for your own fair critique... |
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hansberrym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
21. Well the President could begin discussing some basic truths. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. His only way out... |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Its easy, just expand Medicare!! |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. kick n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. K & R |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. KR |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Good analogy!! nt |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
31. morning kick, nt |
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