Throw this Bill out....all 1,900 pages.... expand Medicare...

[lib2DaBone]

1,900 pages of weasel words, escape clauses and loopholes.. written by the insurance lobbyists.

Wouldn't it be easier (and better) to just expand and rework Medicare to include everyone?

[spanone]

1. a few months too late

[Motown_Johnny]

2. you can't get the votes for it.. but yes it would have been better

[liberalmuse]

3. A perfect bill that won't pass...

is better than a flawed bill that will? Help me understand.

[KharmaTrain]

4. Got 219 House And 60 Senate Votes For That?

So millions without care should continue to go without until, if ever, such a plan can pass? I'm all for expanding medicare...even in working toward single payer, but that means electing more Progressives to both the House & Senate.

[madrchsod]

5. obama does`t have the power that lbj did and reid is no mike mansfield

it`s all about money and power. it`s not about what is best for the people.

[msongs]

Obama has the power. Nobody fears him tho, that's the diff re LBJ nt

[madrchsod]

8. yup..lbj knew where the bodies were buried

[leftstreet]

11. Pfft. Obama had more political capital than any prez in our lifetimes

Emphasis on the word 'had'

[stray cat]

6. Throw This Bill Out - is an option -and it may very well happen - No Health Care ReForm

is a valid choice.

[L0oniX]

7. SPHC or nothing.

[leftstreet]

9. ! K&R !

:applause:

[Sebastian Doyle]

10. If we could replace Spineless Harry with the ghost of LBJ for a few days

He could cut all this bullshit out in reconciliation and put in a REAL bill.

But don't expect it to happen with these cowards. :evilfrown:

[Politicub]

12. If the senate passes a bill and both get reconciled by the conf. committee

Then it could very well end up being Medicare Part E for all intents and purposes.

There is still a long way to go, though, before we see the final draft. And I do hope we do get to see that.