President Barack Obama made a closing public argument for healthcare reform before an expected House vote Sunday at a college campus in Virginia today where he had campaigned early on in his bid for the White House. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
By Mark Silva and updated at 1:55 pm EDT
President Barack Obama, framing this weekend's expected House vote on healthcare as "historic,'' called today on Congress to rise above politics and do something for the good of millions of Americans.
The president, who has taken his campaign for healthcare legislation to Ohio, Missouri and Pennsylvania in recent weeks, made his final public pitch for the plan today at a college campus arena in nearby Fairfax, Va., before an expected House vote on Sunday.
"A few miles from here, Congress is in the final stages of a fateful debate about the future of health insurance in America,'' Obama told his audience today. "It's a debate that's raged not just for the past year, but for the past century...
"It's a debate that's not only about the cost of health care... It's a debate about the character of our country - about whether we can still meet the challenges of our time, whether we still have the guts and the courage to give every citizen, not just some, the chance to reach their dreams,'' the president said in shirtsleeves at a boisterous, campaign-styled rally at the Patriot Center, an arena at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. - Obama had campaigned there in his bid for the White House.
"We didn't have a lot of money,'' Obama said of his appearance just weeks into the start of his campaign. "We didn't have a lot of staff. Nobody could pronounce my name. Our poll numbers were quite low.''
Obama's job-approval ratings have slid to a new term-low of 46 percent in both the Gallup Poll and a Pew Research Center survey this week as a contentious debate over healthcare has consumed Capitol Hill. Republican leaders maintain that Democrats will face "a price to pay'' in the November midterm congressional elections if this bill passed.
House Republican Leader John Boehner vowed again today to do everything possible to keep the bill from becoming law.
"Now, listen, I know the president's doing the hard sell on this bill, telling Democrat members that his presidency is on the line,'' Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters today.
"But this vote isn't about saving a presidency or saving a politician,'' he said. "This is about doing the right thing for the American people. And so Americans are jamming the phone lines here on Capitol Hill. They are screaming at the top of their lungs that they stop, just stop. Republicans are listening, and we're standing with them.''
The president, likening news coverage of the healthcare debate to Sports Center - "rock 'em, sock 'em robots'' - mimicked the chatter of the cable television news media with flapping fingers. "What they like to talk about is the politics of the vote. What does it mean in November.... What's it going to mean for Obama?'' the president said. "Will his presidency be crippled, or will he be 'the comeback kid....'
"I don't know how this plays politically,'' he said. "Nobody really does.... I don't know whether my poll numbers go down or they go up... I do know that this bill, this legislation, is going to be enormously important for America's future.''
The president has attempted to frame the debate as "a vote for reform,'' with opponents poised to vote against reform.
"The time for reform is now,'' he said today. "We have waited long enough. In just a few days, a century-long struggle will culminate in a historic vote.''
He compared the healthcare legislation offering insurance to an estimated 32 million Americans who are now uninsured to the creation of Social Security after the Great Depression and the passage of Medicare for senior citizens in the 1960s.
The president has postponed a planned trip to Indonesia and Australia until June to stay and, as White House spokesman Robert Gibbs explained it this week, "see this battle through.''
"The most important domestic priority here in the U.S. is going to be voted on this weekend or early next week and I have to be there,'' the president said in an interview that aired today on RCTI, the largest commercial television network in Indonesia.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the cost of the proposed healthcare plan at $940 billion over 10 years, with a projection that expected savings in federal programs will offer some deficit relief as well over the coming decade - meeting the president's demand that any legislation on healthcare must be "deficit-neutral.''
"A lot of members who have real concern about the deficit now see this as the biggest opportunity for deficit reduction,'' House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said today, suggesting that the leadership's drive for a winning vote now has "big mo'.''
Yet House leaders, who have acknowledged this week that they lack the votes needed for passage, will be working into the weekend to secure the 216 votes needed for the bill - with action expected Sunday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today that she is "very excited about the momentum that is developing around the bill...
"It's liberating legislation,'' said Pelosi (D-Calif.), pointing to requirements that no one can be denied insurance coverage. "Right now, we're just getting votes to pass a bill.''
"This is a patients' bill of rights on steroids,'' Obama said, pointing to provisions that start the first year of the legislation banning insurers from dropping policyholders who become ill and preventing insurers from rejecting people with pre-existing conditions.
Rep. John Boccieri (D-Ohio), in announcing today that he plans to vote for the bill, cited the $138 billion in deficit reduction that the CBO has projected after the first 10 years of the legislation's enactment and another $1 trillion-plus in deficit reduction in the second 10 years. He was among the Democrats who voted against a House bill last fall.
Leaders also are considering a parliamentary move enabling the House to "deem'' the Senate healthcare bill as having passed and then vote on a package of changes that reconcile differences between the Senate bill approved before Christmas and a House healthcare bill approved by a vote of 220-215 in November.
House leaders maintain that the CBO's projection of deficit reduction has eased the way for passage of a final package that merges House and Senate proposals. Yet opponents maintain that the government never lives within its own bounds.
"Here's the point: this proposal is paid for,'' Obama told his audience at George Mason - "unlike some of these previous schemes in Washington. We're not taking out the credit card, young people, and charging it to you. We're making sure this is paid for.''
With Republican leaders vowing to prevent the healthcare bill from becoming law, Rep. Dan Lungren, (R-Calif.) complained today on the House floor that the "deem and pass'' tactic that will be considered this weekend is "extraordinary.... such an extraordinary stretch that it will be rendered unconstitutional.''
"We may very well be being prepared to embark on an unconstitutional journey,'' Lungren said. "Let us not pass something for the American people that will be called into question in court challenge after court challenger after court challenge.''
In media interviews this week, the president has said that he is less concerned about the "process'' of the bill's passage than he is in winning legislation that will offer insurance to millions of Americans.
Comments
This could have been a real cause for celebration.
Now, it's just a matter of saving Obama's ass.
So disappointing, duder.
Good luck on Sunday...
Posted by: ZOFA | March 19, 2010 12:10 PM
Obama the answer is NO!
Posted by: Gidget | March 19, 2010 12:15 PM
Offering health care is one thing. Shoving it down their throats is another. In my opinion, anyone who votes to pass this bill needs to be voted out of office the next time they run. Also, trying to get away with parliamentary procedure to railroad the bill in is wrong. It needs to have the voted approval or disapproval of both the House and the Senate. It is not right to circumvent the process that has been in place and worked for over 200 years! Also, how many other things besides healthcare, itself, are going to be affected by the passing of this bill? May God Bless America!
Posted by: Sharon | March 19, 2010 12:20 PM
OH IT'S HISTORIC ALRIGHT AS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS HISTORY!!! WHATEVER HAPPENED TO "PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS?
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FLASHBACK VIDEO: Is Obama Including the ‘People in the Process’?
http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2010/mar/obama_people.html
Posted by: Bobby Mobbie | March 19, 2010 12:24 PM
Gee, I'm soooo excited. We get to pay for healthcare that nobody gets to use for FIVE years, not even the 30 MILLION soon to be legalized, illegal aliens. If all goes according to plan in FIVE years the government will say: "Gee we just can't afford this healthcare bill, but thanks for the extra taxes."
But of course you liberals will say that the government always keeps its promises, right...like enforcing the immigration laws that we were promised the last time the government gave amnesty to illegals, punishing employers that hire undocumented workers, enforcing the borders. But, of course this time will be different...no it won't.
Have you NOT noticed that amnesty is next on the Obama agenda???
Posted by: Free to Watch Liberals Meltdown | March 19, 2010 12:44 PM
Taking over GM and Chrysler was historic, screwing 100s of millions for the sake of a few million is just more of the same failed history of liberalism.
How about a visit to Caterpiller, maybe you can explain to the workers why "lowering health care costs" will cost them $100MM. I'm sure they'd be thrilled to know they can get bozocare when they get laid off. Who needs a job when the libs can just steal from someone that still has a job.
Posted by: Hans | March 19, 2010 1:14 PM
The end of America as we once knew it begins Sunday.
Posted by: Truth Teller | March 19, 2010 1:17 PM
panic letter with call to action goes out from Steve Hemsley the Chief Operating Officer of UnitedHealth Group; Subject: Reform: Update and Outlook
and lo and behold ! the anti-healthcare reform useful idiots
show up here to do his bidding.
Posted by: writerofwrongs | March 19, 2010 1:33 PM
Well is the Swamp republican or what? I see only republican's comments. Lets hear from the Democrats!
Posted by: Marge | March 19, 2010 1:36 PM
The American people WIN and will get health care reform and the Republican Party and the Corporate Health Insurance Industry bean counters LOSE.
CONGRATULATIONS AMERICA!
Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 1:55 PM
As Passage Of Health Reform Nears, A Historic Chance To Help Fix Washington, Too
"It's shaping up to be a great weekend here in Washington. I'm not just talking about the spectacular weather or another upset-filled NCAA basketball tournament. I'm talking about the prospect of a quasi-climactic vote in the House that would finally have the United States join the rest of the industrialized world in offering health insurance to all its citizens"
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805315.html?hpid=topnews
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*CBO: Health-Care Reform Bill Cuts Deficit By $1.3 Trillion Over 20 years, Covers 95%
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/03/cbo_health-care_reform_bill_cu.html
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It's major league panic time for Republicans and the forces on the right and, at this point, they can do absolutely nothing to roll back the tide. Health insurance reform will pass and it's not going to end the world. And, guess what? When the world doesn't end and more people are covered and taxes on individuals and small businesses remain low and the economy continues to improve and people's basic civil rights remain intact and the thumb of Big Socialism doesn't oppress the Common Man, it will be Republicans who end up looking foolish and obstructionist to voters and Democrats who look sane and thoughtful. And that will NOT hurt Democrats at the polls, in fact it will help them.
Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 2:04 PM
Obama is willing to devour his presidency, his party's congressional majority and - most disturbing - our democratic institutional safeguards to enact this big government, socialist takeover of 1/6 of the private economy.
Obama is a reckless ideologue who is willing to sacrifice the country's stability in pursuit of a socialist utopia. The Slaughter Solution is poison. By drinking it, Democrats would not only commit political suicide, they will guarantee that any bill signed by Obama is illegitimate, illegal and blatantly unconstitutional. It would be worse than a strategic blunder; it would be a crime - a moral crime against the American people and a direct abrogation of the Constitution and our very democracy. It would open Obama, as well as key congressional leaders such as Pelosi, to impeachment. The Slaughter Solution would replace the rule of law with arbitrary one-party rule. It violates the entire basis of our constitutional government - meeting the threshold of "high crimes and misdemeanors." If it's enacted, Republicans should campaign for the November elections not only on repealing Obamacare, but on removing Obama and his gang of leftist thugs from office. It is time Americans drew a line in the sand. Do you believe in the power of a high tax, big government, socialist welfare state? Or do you believe in freedom and the power of the individual?
Posted by: Derrick | March 19, 2010 2:04 PM
The end of Democracy and capitalism in thsi country as does Obama's reign. He will be inneffective as a president, I do call him a leader, when the Nov elections come and his band of thugs are gone. He should take upa hobby ti kill the remaining two years in office since we can not impeach his sorry behind.
Posted by: roundlaketom | March 19, 2010 2:07 PM
HHH, ALL polls show the American people are AGAINST this farce.
Anyway, Obimbo will be right about this weekend being historic. It would be whether it passed or failed. But what will truly make it historic is if the American people actually begin to rise up against this despot monster of a presidency. Perhaps the PEOPLE will retake this country and retake this White House. That will be historical.
Posted by: John D | March 19, 2010 2:11 PM
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Offering health care is one thing. Shoving it down their throats is another. In my opinion,
Posted by: Sharon | March 19, 2010 12:20 PM
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Biff,
Your beloved Repuglican team is the MINORITY party, the only way the Dems could possibly "ram" this bill down your throats is if they were NOT the MAJORITY party.
That's how democracy works, the will of the MAJORITY rules. The Dems ran on health care reform and because of it they won the last two elections by a landslide. And I've got more bad news for you, the Repug party is still going to be the MINORITY party after the elections this coming fall.
Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 2:13 PM
CODE RED! CODE RED! CODE RED!
CALLING ALL WINGNUTS!
PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR KEYBOARDS AND START WHINING ABOUT STUFF (HEALTH CARE REFORM) THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP YOU, BUT YOU'RE TO STUPID TO KNOW ANY BETTER!
THIS HAS BEEN A MESSAGE FROM YOUR LEADER: JOHN "The Tan" BOEHNER!
THAT IS ALL...
Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 2:20 PM
Secret Democrat memo outlines higher obama care spending. Tells Democrats to not talk about the increase.
Tells Democrats to not to discuss the details of the CBO score.
“We cannot emphasize this enough: do not allow yourself (or your boss) to get into a discussion of the details of CBO scores and textual narrative. Instead, focus only on the deficit reduction and number of Americans covered," the memo says.
"Democrats removed the so-called doc fix from the reform legislation last year because its $371-billion price tag would have made it impossible for Democrats to claim that their bill reduces the deficit. Republicans have argued for months that by stripping the doc fix from the bill, Democrats were playing a shell game."
See Democrat-friendly Politico!
But, nary a word about this stuff from the blog writer, Silva!
Oh, HHH - you really like to push the talking points!
Posted by: slobber | March 19, 2010 2:22 PM
If those Dems who are walking the plank think ACORN, SEIU, Organizing for America and Obama are going to come to their aid in November they're fools. Obama will have his historic bill & his followers will have their union deals and their newest form of welfare - all they will give these stupid Dems is the finger and the cold shoulder. That's Illinois politics, they'll find out soon enough. If you think people are angry now, just wait!
Posted by: vla | March 19, 2010 2:25 PM
Just pass this historical bill,we've waited for almost 50 agnizing years,many poor Americans have died because of lack of HC insurance..
At least this President cares from the very beginning of his presidency.Not one past President had the courage and guts to fight for our HEALTH,President Obama is a compassionate leader,we support the President forever.
Even Palin the ex quitter,gets a free ride on HC,denied to the rest of us.Why is it that Massachusetts voted for a universal HC insurance,denied to the rest of America?we live in one country under one flag and one God!!Health Care for all is the solution.
Posted by: carol bautista | March 19, 2010 2:34 PM
Obama and Democrats lie and lie and lie. A strategy memo has just been leaked that shows Democrats are intentionally misleading the American public. From Politico: Democrats are planning to introduce legislation later this spring that would permanently repeal annual Medicare cuts to doctors, but are warning lawmakers not to talk about it for fear that it will complicate their push to pass comprehensive health reform. The plans undercut the party's message that reform lowers the deficit, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO.
Democrats removed the so-called doc fix from the reform legislation last year because its $371-billion price tag would have made it impossible for Democrats to claim that their bill reduces the deficit. Republicans have argued for months that by stripping the doc fix from the bill, Democrats were playing a shell game. "Most health staff are already aware that our health proposal does not contain a 'doc fix.' … The inclusion of a full SGR repeal would undermine reform’s budget neutrality. So again, do not allow yourself (or your boss) to get into a discussion of the details of CBO scores and textual narrative. Instead, focus only on the deficit reduction and number of Americans covered," the memo, sent Thursday to Democratic staff, said. The memo also repeatedly advises Democrats not to discuss the details of the CBO score.
Posted by: He Lies | March 19, 2010 2:38 PM
If this healthcare reform is so great, then why on Page 114, Line 22, does it exempt President Obama, Michelle Obama, Congress, Senators, and their families? It just makes me sick when I hear Pelosi and others say they are so excited about it because no one can be denied health coverage! How many of these people would buy health coverage if you gave them the name of a company who would accept them and a ten thousand dollar check to buy it with? They would find something else to spend it on regardless of how bad their family needed it! What's next? !!! People need to figure out how to do some things for themselves, and learn how to make the right choices. You can give a person a fish, but if you teach them how to fish, they will be able to survive for a lifetime! We are all equal in God's eyes. There are many people and agencies out there to help people if they become down and out without dragging the entire country down to a level where everyone has their hand out. The vote on this healthcare bill needs to be a big NO. We do not want student loans discontinued, and we don't want death counseling, or am I wrong about these items being a part of this bill? We don't want this healthcare bill.
Posted by: Sam | March 19, 2010 3:05 PM
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HHH, ALL polls show the American people are AGAINST this farce.
Posted by: John D | March 19, 2010 2:11 PM
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Wrong again, as usual, Lil Johnny QuackingDuck,
INDEPENDENT VOTERS WANT DEMOCRATS TO PASS HEALTH CARE REFOM
"Independent voters want Congress to do something on health care: 69 percent of Independents said that health care is "an urgent problem that requires immediate action" or "serious problem that should be dealt with as soon as possible"-
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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/03/the-independent-mood/37526/
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Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 3:05 PM
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The memo also repeatedly advises Democrats not to discuss the details of the CBO score.
Posted by: He Lies | March 19, 2010 2:38 PM
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Really?
Is that why the Democrats held a PRESS CONFERENCE discussing the CBO report just yesterday?
Try again, Bobby's Mommy.....and come up with better sock-puppet names next time. Using names like "He Lies" makes it to easy for us.
Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 3:11 PM
He Lies:
I'll bite. Care to share a link or ANY evidence?
Posted by: Chord | March 19, 2010 3:24 PM
WITH THE DEMOCRATS PASSING OF HEALTH CARE REFORM THIS WEEK-END IT WILL ALSO MAKE FOR A GREAT TIME FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE A TIME OUT, WATCH BASKETBALL AND PLAY "GOP TALKING POINTS BINGO"
GOP TALKING POINTS BINGO - HERE'S HOW IT WORKS! ENJOY!
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http://img440.imageshack.us/i/bingop.jpg/
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Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 4:36 PM
He Lies:
I'll bite. Care to share a link or ANY evidence?
Posted by: Chord | March 19, 2010 3:24 PM
Sure there is plenty of proof that Obama lies. Can you provide and proof that he EVER TELLS THE TRUTH.
Here are some of his lies from his campaign. Every single one of this things is in the healthcare bill. He said he opposed them all in the campaign.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/30/obama-health-care-reform-opinions-columnists-public-option-medicare.html
Posted by: Free to Watch Liberals Meltdown | March 19, 2010 4:37 PM
Triple H - It appears that can read, but the comprehension skills appear lacking...you posted:
INDEPENDENT VOTERS WANT DEMOCRATS TO PASS HEALTH CARE REFOM
"Independent voters want Congress to do something on health care: 69 percent of Independents said that health care is "an urgent problem that requires immediate action" or "serious problem that should be dealt with as soon as possible"-
Nowhere in this stat is the question asked "Do you support the current health care reform legislation?"
Good use of the talking points, though...
And the Dems did not "discuss" the CBO report yesterday, just parroted the party line of "deficit reduction".
Keep trying...
Posted by: Barry J | March 19, 2010 5:00 PM
Oh Hilarous Hotair Hokembrain (HHH) sorry, but independents are fleeing from Obimbo:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574525543109875438.html
As usual, FACTS get in the way of the Merry Band of Loony Left Misfits.
Posted by: John D | March 19, 2010 5:12 PM
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Sure there is plenty of proof that Obama lies. Can you provide and proof that he EVER TELLS THE TRUTH.
Posted by: Free to Watch Liberals Meltdown | March 19, 2010 4:37 PM
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Crying Wingnut,
It's kind of ironic how right wing mouth-breathers like you are accusing Pres Obama of lying when in fact it is you who is doing the lying again - don't ya think?
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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/health-care-wars-on-capitol-hill-as-dems-cry-doc-fix-memo-is-a-fake.php
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Isn't it past your nap time, Crying Wingnut? Most petulant five year olds are already sleeping at this time in the afternoon.
Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 5:46 PM
Do you think FDR said "Something Historic this Weekend" on Friday, December 5, 1941? Liberty and Freedom will suffer under this bill just as it did 69 years ago.
Let's look at the how this bill is being "paid for". From CNN.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/How-Democrats-will-pay-for-hmoney-2591485595.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=8&asset=&ccode
The idea is that an excise tax would persuade workers and employers to choose lower-cost plans. While technically a tax on insurers, they are expected to pass along those costs to policyholders.
Once employers spend less money on health care, they will use the money saved to pay workers higher wages, or so the economic theory goes. The workers will then owe income tax on those higher wages, providing revenue to help pay for health reform.”
I guess the geniuses didn’t consider that the corporation might not pass on that savings to the employees. The geniuses also didn’t consider that the money that used to go to the insurance company was passed on to doctors and nurses – who by the way are in higher tax brackets than the average American. Therefore, the gov’t will lose money on this.
Posted by: Terry | March 19, 2010 6:08 PM
HHH, why don't you tell us which Obama you voted for: The one that campaigned against many of the draconian components of the healthcare bill OR, the one that NOW is showing it down your throat?
Which one HHH?
Posted by: Free to Watch Liberals Meltdown | March 19, 2010 7:07 PM
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Nowhere in this stat is the question asked "Do you support the current health care reform legislation?"Good use of the talking points, though...And the Dems did not "discuss" the CBO report yesterday, just parroted the party line of "deficit reduction".eep trying...
Posted by: Barry J | March 19, 2010 5:00 PM
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"Independent voters want Congress to do something on health care: 69 percent of Independents said that health care is "an urgent problem that requires immediate action" or "serious problem that should be dealt with as soon as possible"-
All of which, to anyone with half a brain, means that Independents want Democrats to PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM!
If Indepenedents wanted NOTHING to be done on health care (like Republicans want) they'd be calling for NOTHING to done on health care, you moron.
And yes, the Dems did discuss the fantastic CBO report YESTERDAY, you just choose to stick your head in the ground and only listen to the liars at Fixed News Channel instead.
Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 7:34 PM
The promise of covering those pre-existing conditions right off the bat - well, they say yes, if you're a child. If you're an adult with a pre-existing condition you have to wait 4 years till the plan kicks in. I don't recall the President clearly explaining that in the last 50 something speeches - must have slipped his mind. Then again the President has promised so many things it's hard to keep track, isn't it?
Posted by: vla | March 19, 2010 7:34 PM
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HHH, why don't you tell us which Obama you voted for: The one that campaigned against many of the draconian components of the healthcare bill OR, the one that NOW is showing it down your throat?
Posted by: Free to Watch Liberals Meltdown | March 19, 2010 7:07 PM
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Yeah, that would be the one that passes this weekend. The one THAT WILL HAVE HIS NAME ON IT AFTER HE SIGNS IT! Sheeze...
What do you care, Crying Wingnut? You voted for Grampy McLame and The Quitta from Wasilla.
NEXT!
Posted by: HHH | March 19, 2010 7:41 PM
Let's hope the historic weekend is Obama, Biden, Reid and PeLOUSY ALL resigning!!
Posted by: NAVYFLYER09 | March 19, 2010 8:32 PM
Obama tells House dems to vote 'yes' for a pig in a poke. He tells them to vote 'yes' , and then pray that the Senate will change the bill to something the House dems really wanted in the first place. Obama is twisting arms. He is very unscientific. He may as well tell the House dems to throw pennies into a wishing well, or to follow a rainbow to get the actual things they are being told they should vote for. What kind of President tells House members to vote for a hope and a prayer? Put single payer or a public option in it so Obama and his dems don't put rings through 300 million American noses--where the health insurance companies will break us and lead us around. Who the hell forces us to pay 15,000 a year--with threat of penalty--for potentially no treatment at all? Where, then, does that premium go when no Tx is needed? It goes toward a shareholder's new yacht, or third condo. Single payer is best. Single payer only pays for medical treatment. It does not pay for insurance stockholders' personal stock pay outs. Obama and the private insurance companies are thieves. They want the Congressional legal seal of approval to screw us. This was Hillary Clinton's HCR--not Obama's. He ran on no mandate. I want my vote back. He is a fraud. He lied to get our votes. He should resign. No HCR bill under Obama's reign should be legal, since he is not legal based on campaign lies about the BS Clintonian mandate with no public option.
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That must have been some plane ride for Rep. Dennis of Ohio the other day. Did he get to sit on the AF 1 captains lap and were an AF 1 hat? I thought Dennis wanted a PO or 'no' on the vote. Didn't Obama give Burris a plane trip--then Burris changed his 'no' to a 'yes' earlier on this matter? What manner of amusement does AF 1 offer? Pre-existing is still too far down the road. This was done for the benefit of the insurance companies. It hurts Americans. Obama hates us. It is not HCR. It is the legalization of insurance companies cannibalizing on Americans. Sweet. No. Screw that totally.
Posted by: Vivian | March 19, 2010 11:43 PM
thank you, CAT, for making such a strong case for universal healthcare!
with rising costs, it's been only a matter of time before employers stop offering healthcare insurance anyway.
Posted by: writerofwrongs | March 20, 2010 11:05 AM
Still Writing Wrong has it wrong about CAT. Then again, why should today be any different.
Posted by: Terry | March 20, 2010 2:14 PM