Dante Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Not good enough for them I suppose but good enough for the people they allegedly work for. Everything is ass backwards. Really is time for a revolution http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34900.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Interesting. I thought that all Congress people and their staffers were exempt. But it's just certain staffers and no Congress people? HTF did that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 What ever happened to the public option "trigger" that was bandied about back in the Autumn? You know, the leverage that the government could use over insurance companies. If they didn't meet certain standards the public option would kick in. Could Obama have easily written the "trigger" into law since he went the reconciliation route to get his health bill approved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Some people are more equal than others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 What ever happened to the public option "trigger" that was bandied about back in the Autumn? You know, the leverage that the government could use over insurance companies. If they didn't meet certain standards the public option would kick in. Could Obama have easily written the "trigger" into law since he went the reconciliation route to get his health bill approved? Because there's some people out there saying that Obama intentionally left out the public option "trigger" because the greedy insurance companies wanted it that way. In exchange for Democrat campaign contributions. Could Obama have had the bill rewritten in the Senate knowing that he would go for reconciliation in the house with the "trigger" included? It would seem that "Change We Can Believe In" would have wanted the "trigger" since he couldn't get the outright public option. At least it would be something. That's what people are saying. Are they correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manateefan Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Why don't they make everyone equal in this mess. Make the Senate, Congress and all their aides susceptible to all the pitfalls of this health care plan instead of taxpayers paying for their health care and their retirement. Why shouldn't they be in the Social Security system like the rest of us? I had an uncle who worked for the IRS when they had their own retirement system and he retired in the early eighties making more than I do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Because there's some people out there saying that Obama intentionally left out the public option "trigger" because the greedy insurance companies wanted it that way. In exchange for Democrat campaign contributions. Could Obama have had the bill rewritten in the Senate knowing that he would go for reconciliation in the house with the "trigger" included? It would seem that "Change We Can Believe In" would have wanted the "trigger" since he couldn't get the outright public option. At least it would be something. That's what people are saying. Are they correct? I think Obama bamboozled the insurance companies. Congress will ultimately tell them who to cover, what to cover and how much they can charge to cover. The insurance companies will just push the paper at a thin profit margin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I think Obama bamboozled the insurance companies. Congress will ultimately tell them who to cover, what to cover and how much they can charge to cover. The insurance companies will just push the paper at a thin profit margin. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Insurance companies will contribute to both Republican and Democratic candidates campaigns and the winner will tell the US government to lay off the insurance companies. Why is there no public option? Methinks it's because the insurance companies didn't want it. And Obama didn't pursue it for political-financial reasons. Health care insurance companies are health care insurance 24/7/365. The US congress has a lot of things to do other than health care insurance. WE HAVE BEEN SCREWED!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I heard this public comment on cnn and thought it was funny. All of these congressman and senators are thrashing around pros and cons about people getting subsidies for healthcare when the governmant pays for all their own healthcare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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