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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (25069)	1/21/2010 11:37:32 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Re: "passing a scaled-back health bill" Just passing what the people want (instead of what the corporate lobbyists want!) is actually a Hell of a good idea! Here is one guy's idea of what would make for a great bill that the public would embrace: ...Most likely, the best solution would be to offer a series of bills incorporating the most popular elements of health care reform and challenge the Republicans to filibuster these measures if they choose to. Among these are: 1) banning insurance companies from rejecting people for pre-existing conditions or canceling their policies; 2) providing subsidies for working and middle class Americans to voluntarily buy health insurance, but without a mandate; 3) creating a public option (which was supported by a majority of Americans) that citizens can choose to buy into; 4) allowing Americans to purchase cheaper drugs from Canada and other countries; 5) ending the ban on Medicare negotiating lower prices with pharmaceutical companies; 6) abolishing the insurance companys' exemption from anti-trust laws; 7) and allowing people over 55 to buy into Medicare. Time for a reset.... Message 26261872