Comments on: Health Care Legislation Continues To Move Forward http://donklephant.com/2009/11/02/health-care-legislation-continues-to-move-forward/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank Hagan http://donklephant.com/2009/11/02/health-care-legislation-continues-to-move-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-568402 Frank Hagan Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:18:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=17233#comment-568402 "better than nothing"? Until we see the bill, and know how it will affect health care, we won't know if it helps or hurts. The unintended consequences of legislation, no matter how well intentioned, are sometimes significant (case in point: the CPSIA.) “better than nothing”?

Until we see the bill, and know how it will affect health care, we won’t know if it helps or hurts. The unintended consequences of legislation, no matter how well intentioned, are sometimes significant (case in point: the CPSIA.)

]]> By: mrsbitch http://donklephant.com/2009/11/02/health-care-legislation-continues-to-move-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-567998 mrsbitch Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:18:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=17233#comment-567998 I've got to disagree on this point. The proposed legislation they unveiled last week was an absolute slap in the face to all of the people who supported Obama based on his promises of change and is worse than doing nothing. Without a strong public option, and with the need to "negotiate" reimbursements with the providers, HR 3962 is another gift to the insurance industry. They've already began raising premiums just on the off chance that they might actually have ended up with any competition, down the road. Yeah, right. Coming out with a strong public option and letting the Republicans and blue dogs shoot it down would have been much more acceptable. They can be removed from office when their terms are up. As it stands now, this current bill they are trying to pass will only piss people off as health care costs continue to rise (at a slower pace! whee!), and the Democrats will be able to take complete blame for passing health-care reform that is actually worse than the system that is currently in place. I’ve got to disagree on this point. The proposed legislation they unveiled last week was an absolute slap in the face to all of the people who supported Obama based on his promises of change and is worse than doing nothing. Without a strong public option, and with the need to “negotiate” reimbursements with the providers, HR 3962 is another gift to the insurance industry. They’ve already began raising premiums just on the off chance that they might actually have ended up with any competition, down the road. Yeah, right.

Coming out with a strong public option and letting the Republicans and blue dogs shoot it down would have been much more acceptable. They can be removed from office when their terms are up.

As it stands now, this current bill they are trying to pass will only piss people off as health care costs continue to rise (at a slower pace! whee!), and the Democrats will be able to take complete blame for passing health-care reform that is actually worse than the system that is currently in place.

]]> By: Rob http://donklephant.com/2009/11/02/health-care-legislation-continues-to-move-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-567997 Rob Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:12:15 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=17233#comment-567997 What do you mean by overplaying their hand? What do you mean by overplaying their hand?

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