It seems one of the biggest topics since President Obama took office has been the much debated and controversial heatlh care reform. If political parties weren’t divided in the past-they surely are now. The senators who make up the committee are for the most part Conservatives-either Conservative Democrats or Republicans, unless you count Joe Lieberman from Connecticut. He calls himself an Independent or another way of putting it…Judas of the Democrat Party. This was a man who ran with Al Gore as a Vice-Presidential candidate. I guess a few years can change a man’s mind and political stripes.
The opponents of the health care reform act are made up of the following: wingnuts, birthers, Conservative Democrats and Republicans. They have been trying to put the kabosh on this thing from the beginning. Why is it so hard to admit that our country’s health care system is severely flawed. There are millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans who have to deprive themselves of medical care because of not being able to afford it.
The first thing is to get the uninsured and underinsured taken care of, that is the main priority. These are the people whe have been neglected and ignored in this country. Many people cannot afford health insured that is being offered to them through their employers because of high premiums and costs. On the other side of the coin, you have the working class and so-called “working poor” who fall between the cracks and do not qualify for Medicaid or state-sponsored health insurance because their incomes are too high. When you have people who have to make the critical decision of whether to pay for their prescriptions-or buy food, pay rent, etc-it’s a very disheartening thing. Especially in this country with all it’s weatth, advancement and power.
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Lieberman votes approx 90% with the Democrats. It is just that he was thrown under the bus by his own party due to his refusal to see eye to eye with them regarding the war. It is not that he is a “Judas”, it is that Democrats historically don’t accept anyone in their fold who doesn’t fall for their views hook, line, and sinker. Lieberman is a very liberal Independent.
For the record, I could care less about Lieberman one way or the other. It is just that I find it interesting how the same people who brand him a “traitor” are basically mum about Arlen Spector’s defection from the Republican Party.
The current plan before congress doesn’t cover everybody as advertised. It only increases the insured by 20%. I thought the grand plan was 100% coverage. If we are not getting that as promised then I say it’s a flawed bill. Additionally there is the requirement to purchase. Don’t purchase healtcare and pay $1500 or spend a year in jail. So how is that fair to the underinsured? That just adds more grief on the backs of the poor and will fill our jails with non-criminals.
Your article is straight to the point. And is 100% common sense. I liked your comment on Joe Lieberman. Of course to understand that gentleman’s position on heath insurance and health care reform, you must keep in mind that the gentleman is a wholly owned subsidiary of the big insurance companies based in Connecticut. Old Joe just cant help himself.