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After months of silent, closed door negotiations between the holy trinity (the executive branch, the congress, & the health care industry), we stand on the brink of health insurance reform.

Health insurance reform. Do not confuse this with health care reform as that was never the intent of th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/394 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:32:41 The implications, the reality, the hard cold truth about health insurance reform....We are enslaving ourselves to private industry with this bill. It is that bad.

House Passes Landmark Healthcare Bill with Amendment Backed by Anti-Abortion Lawmakers
By Amy Goodman

The bill has been described... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/393 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:10:53
We need to start framing our talking points and discussions around this basic premise.

We can't fix healthcare because we refuse to place human health and quality of life above industry & shareholder profits.

We can't move forward with clean & green energy because the coal and oil industri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/392 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:10:26
The backroom deals Obama made with the big pharm devil are going to save ZERO. This industry is worse then the mob. '

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/business/16drugprices.html

Even as drug makers promise to support Washington’s health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the n... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/391 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:50:51

Dear Senator,

I know you're in a tough spot. It would be bad enough if you only had to get Ben Nelson, Evan Bayh, Mary Landrieu and Blanche Lincoln on board, but anyone who has to kiss Joe Lieberman's derriere deserves a congressional medal of honor.

But Harry, you really need to take on f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/390 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:14:13 You know what I don't want to hear right now about the Stupak-Pitts amendment banning abortion coverage from federally subsidized health insurance policies? That it's the price of reform, and prochoice women should shut up and take one for the team. "If you want to rebuild the American welfare state... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/389 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:07:24
The top of the front page features a article on huge rise in birth defect in Fallujah. This article I thought I would post as an adjunct for further reading.

http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/11/fallujah_horror.php

Worse than Dante’s seventh circle if that is possible because the after... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/387 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:10:43
The talking point will be:

The right and some blue dogs don't think the Stupak amendment goes far enough. This is their compromise position, and anything weaker will be voted against.

Plan on it.

Called on 11/12/09... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/386 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:58:15 1. FROM CONGRESSMAN ERIC MASSA: "This Bill Will Enshrine in Law the Monopolistic Powers of the Private Health Insurance Industry"

At the highest level, this bill will enshrine in law the monopolistic powers of the private health insurance industry, period. There's really no other way to look at ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/385 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:51:00


Last week, as House Democrats took to the floor with near-unanimous praise for legislation to help the unemployed and stimulate the fragile economy, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) offered a wildly different message.

“This bill,” he said, “represents a textbook example of how not to deal with ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/384 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:02:07 Thank you Dennis. I agree with every last word.

After voting against H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement:


“We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current str... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/383 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:28:43
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33748707/ns/politics-health_care_reform/

The vote added to the Democratic bill an amendment sponsored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and others, that prohibits individuals who receive insurance subsidies from purchasing any plan that pays for elective abortions.

H... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/382 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:18:25
In regard to your first comment, it is a good thing that people with preexisting conditions can't be denied insurance because they are sick. However, this bill doesn't prohibit the zillion other tactics the insurance companies use to deny care. For example, my mother just spent over a year fight... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/381 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:12
Where's the Kucinich amendment?

Fuck Pelosi. And, FUCK the dems for this wetdream corporate health care bill. No public option (and don't anyone dare try to tell me that their pathetic 2% 'p.o.' that will likely be administred by private insurance companies & cost more then regular private in... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/380 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:11:20
I am so angry now I could spit. My hands are shaking as I write this....

I called Speaker Pelosi's office in California about 15 minutes ago. I politely started to state my concerns about the removal of single payer debate on the House floor (the Weiner amendment) & the removal of the Kucinic... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/379 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:45:05 http://healthcare.kucinich.us/petition/

Sign, email to everyone you know

Kick & recommend

Thanks!... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/378 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:58:41
Reid is saying no bill before next year.

I am sorry, but that isn't much of a heartbreak. The legislation is horrible. In a nutshell, it mandates citizens to buy overpriced and non-comprehensive insurance from the private corporations that broke the health care system. TENS of millions wil... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/377 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:34:00 http://www.michaelmoore.com/


Haven't Forgotten
"I talked to Speaker Pelosi about it, and she has pledged to me that she
will allow [single payer] to come to the House floor for a vote."
– Rep. Henry Waxman to Rep. Anthony Weiner, July 31, 2009

Haven't Forgotten This Either
Rep. Dennis K... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/375 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:07:25 2% of the population. And, it will be MORE expensive then PRIVATE insurance because the pool is so small and the risk pool of enrollees so HIGH.

This plan SUCKS. It should be nicknamed 'The Private Insurance Corporation Government Mandate Wetdream Bill'.

This is a sell out. The corporatio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/374 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:03:27
"The records reflect only those names that members of the public specifically requested information about from the White House Counsel's office and so is skewed in the direction of famous individuals who are a matter of public interest or controversy. The White House's comprehensive voluntary disc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/373 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:21:56
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/372 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:53:56
The public option was always a compromise for serious supporters of health-care reform, who -- like Barack Obama when he was running for the Senate in 2003 -- knew that a single-payer "Medicare for All" system was what America needed to provide health care to everyone while controlling costs.

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/370 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:55
As evidence mounts that the public option faces an uphill battle in the Senate, its supporters are drawing a line in the sand and saying the Senate should not pass a watered-down health reform bill for the sake of drawing 60 votes.

"The mere fact that there's a bill on the floor is not enough f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/369 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:21:03 More important then the talk about Joe 'the slimeball lower then a parasite on a worm's belly' Lieberman is Joe Wydon talking about his efforts to put forth a REAL public option into the Senate Health Bill.

This is worth watching for Senator Joe Wyden and his proposal for the public option. Give... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/368 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:48:03 A must watch video to understand where we really stand with the 'public option' - funny & effective use of props...

Rachel states the progressives next goal....Pubic Option for EVERYONE!

Worth the five minutes and thirty seven seconds!

(And, K & R to keep this simple yet profound explanatio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/debbierlus/367 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:51:54