Thread: The GOP Health Reform Plan

Anyone following the House debate? I don't often post Huffington Post links, but on this page , they've got a live feed and Twitter updates (allegedly from GOP and Democratic reps, but I really don't want to believe some of them belong to elected officials). (I have nothing against Huffington Post, but when I post links, I try for something nonpartisan)

Quote: Originally Posted by SirOtter That's actually not that far off, or wasn't before the Gingrich Mob took over the GOP and turned it into a poverty generating machine. Back in the dim, dark ages of the 19th Century, during the period Mark Twain called 'The Gilded Age', there was very little practical difference between the parties, other than demographics. Labor tended Democratic, Capital Republican, but both parties...

Quote: Originally Posted by deathwizard But one thing I pride myself on: I'm willing to sacrifice if it means helping others, because in the long run, helping others -- regardless of race or sex or sexual preference-- helps us all. I'm not a Republican, but I am not willing to sacrifice in order to help others. If I can help others at no real cost to myself, or enrich myself in the process of helping others, then I will do so. But I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lyv And for that matter, I never called you a liar. To get that from my comments...well, I suspect you want something other than a civil discussion. In that case, you're out of luck. Take heart, someone will bite. Lol! Even when I make fun of myself... I'm not the one that started a preemptive complaint about being "snarky and insulting." I was--and am--fine with an exchange of opinions, heated...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cranky I guess you missed quite a bit of my post, then. And sports aren't trashy TV. I didn't miss it. And I do get your point.

Quote: Originally Posted by MGraybosch It would be nice if I could stop doing that for a little while. Even sleep is no refuge. Well, if it helps, you're being heard so: you post; you're heard; you've earned the right to sleep. Job done. Sweet dreams. . . .

Quote: Originally Posted by Cranky Also, AFAIK, most Americans are pro-health reform. Almost everyone agrees that something needs to be done, and that the system needs to be fixed. The disagreement comes from the best way in which to accomplish that, not in the need for it to be done in the first place. So where does that leave us but compromise? But no one appears to be interested in that, not really. Most Americans are. I don't think...

Thanks, Lyv, I was waiting to hear from the AMA.

would you care to address the private administration of the public option, the projection that public option premiums would be more expensive than private insurance, or that medicaid fraud vastly outpaces the combined profits of the 14 health insurance companies on the fortune 500? or is this just a "democrats good, republicans bad" thread?

Exactly! I'm proud to be part of a group that raised a relatively small amount of money to help 9 high school students become Certified Nurses Assistants. No government program. No huge bureaucracy. Yes, strict qualification standards. Yes strict rules and demanding curriculum to pass the course. 9 lives changed without the federal government. This in the inner city of one of the most troubled big cities in America. And in only a few...