DODD says healthcare reform "hanging by a thread" (KILL THE BILL, you've missed the point!) [View All]

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11 January 2010
Dodd: Health reform bill ‘hanging by a thread’

On his way out the door, retiring Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn) has some bad news for health reform advocates still cheering the late December Senate vote.

"Health care reform is 'hanging on by a thread,' and one or two votes could determine the outcome of the heavily-debated bill, Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd told CNBC Monday," the cable business news network reports.

Dodd said you would have to be "living on the moon" not to know what senators have already gone on the record with having issues with the plan, citing Nebraska's Ben Nelson, Connecticut's Joe Lieberman and Senator Blanche Lincoln from Arkansas.

"Everyone feels, I guess, to some degree who have been for this, that they would have liked something different, and that's not uncommon when you're considering an issue of this magnitude," Dodd said.

"If this is all about surviving politically, then we're missing the whole purpose of what we're supposed to be doing," Dodd added.

source: http://rawstory.com/2010/01/dodd-health-reform-bill-hanging-thread/

I could not agree more with Senator Dodd... they've definitely missed the point & purpose of why health care reform was/is needed. KILL THE BILL and start anew... this time, make it SINGLE PAYER all the way... telling the health care industry's FOR-PROFITs (in the infamous words of CHENEY) to GFY!.