Hatch vows House health bill will never pass the Senate

[babylonsister]

Some friend of Teddy, isn't he.


Hatch vows House health bill will never pass the Senate
By Michael O'Brien - 11/09/09 09:57 AM ET


The healthcare plan approved by the House over the weekend will never pass the Senate, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) vowed Monday.

Hatch, a conservative Republican who has long been opposed to health reform efforts including a public (or "government-run") option, talked down the bill's chances.

"That exercise in the House, that’ll never pass the Senate," Hatch said during an appearance on "Imus in the Morning" on the Fox Business Network.

“I think they’re going to have a heck of a time passing that kind of a bill in the Senate," the senator added. "One big joke in Washington is if the government ends up running health care, it’ll be just like the U.S. Postal Service—there will be long waiting periods, care would be expensive, and no babies would be delivered without adequate postage.”

The House bill differs from the prospective Senate language in several key ways, not least of which is its use of an income tax on high earners to finance the trillion-dollar price tag in the bill.

The House bill also includes a public option based on negotiated rates, while Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is waiting to hear back on proposals from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) before he decides how to craft his bill's public plan.

Hatch claimed that Reid's insistence at including the public plan would only make his path more difficult with colleagues.

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[Uben]

1. Ooooooooh! We're scared!

Doncha love it that these republican scumbags have been reduced to bowing out their chest and telling us what they're gonna do?
Like they have the power to do anything but bitch and grovel. Hell, they are even trying to purge their own damned members. Stupid is as stupid does, I guess.

What if we decided to purge our party of DK and other progressive members? We would sink faster than the Titanic, kinda like the republicans are at this point.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Babies need postage????

:wtf: :rofl:

Who's the *comedian* who came up with that joke? I hope they keep their "day job".

[subterranean]

3. Obviously he was contrasting it with the current healthcare system

where you never have to wait for an appointment, care is cheap, and, uh, babies are delivered free of charge.
:sarcasm:

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Right

The USA has the BEST health care system in the world!!!! :eyes: USA!!! USA!!!! USA!!!!! USA!!!!! :woohoo:

What I find so hilarious (and depressing, particularly since most people don't seem to ever notice) is that all of the problems that right-wingers are warning that public health care will cause are ALREADY occurring (IN SPADES!!!) under the private system. It is amazing how they are able to avoid being confronted with/able to distract most of the public from from this simple, yet VERY "inconvenient truth"! It is equally amazing that I never really hear anybody on our side point this out either. I mean, the fruit doesn't hang any lower than THIS! :banghead:

[get the red out]

4. From the Theocratic Republic of Utah

He needs to stfu and return. On Imus, stinking creep.