Simply put: It is the only way to get the consumer protections into place. That’s it. Period. There is no other way. I’ve seen some interesting ideas about pulling out consumer protections and passing those separately. Let’s see how that works: Scenario 1 – Isolate consumer protections in new bill House crafts a bill with [...]
I’m tired. I’ve been fighting for 2 years now. First to elect Obama and then to get health care reform passed. I’m only one person and it’s not like I’ve seen this as only my fight, but I always felt like things would be fine because I had allies in the fight. I was one [...]
Let’s get real and down to the nitty gritty here. If the Senate bill doesn’t pass the House, we have another 1994 with very little chance of turning the tide since insurers will have their very own shiny new Senators and representatives installed in November, 2010. Here’s what’s at stake, and it’s a hella lot [...]