Axelrod: Democrats Will Have the Votes for Health Care Reform

Axelrod “we will have the votes”..(and I will use my ax and my rod if I have to)

Most Americans want health care to pass. Has anyone seen John Q this weekend. Nothing has changed. Some help is better than none. The health care problems are heart breaking. It is the working class people that need health care reform the most. I think you are polling the rich or the poor they got good health care of course they don’t want change.

Axelrod doesn’t understand. WE DON’T WANT THIS HEALTH CARE PROGRAM. And neither does anyone in Washington D.C., or they would ditch their policy, and embrace this cow. Vote out everyone if this goes through.

shandra, where do you get your “most” from? gallup- 45% approve 48% disapprove. Looks to me like “most” americans do not want this to pass.

if this bill is so great, why are the dems having such a hard time getting their own party to vote on it?

I wonder who’s the “america has spoken” they talking about, nobody has asked if I want health care or not!!
Which I would love to have, I wonder why is it so hard for “America” to join the rest of the world and not give but offer their citizens decent or some kind of health care without one having to choose to either pay the mortgage or health insurance, I wouldn’t mind paying a hundred or two a month. I’m 53 yr old woman without insurance, I have some issues which I take care by myself thanking god I live close to the border and can see a doc and buy meds without breaking the bank. Same medicines as the US same labs…
All I can think is that this country promotes being indigent so you can have health insurace and “use the greatest and best health care in the world” which to this time I haven’t, and I also thank god I haven’t been cushioning insurance companies with my poor earn dollars.
So to all politicians, before you say “America has spoken” ask around, just in my office there are 5 employees with no health insurance…if any of us get sick we’ll have to go to the hospital and at the end the gov’t will end paying…so I guess I’ll have to wait until it becomes an emergency to take care of whatever ails me, instead of trying to fix it and the bill is cheaper…but go figure out the damm politicians…let the health care pass, and if America wants to pay it, get it, use it or not then that will be your choice, I will buy it, use it and prevent any illnesses that will ail me.
I’m sick and tire of all the obstacles you all throw, if it’s not one thing is another…Choice is the word, give me the choice!!

Jake, it would be very nice if you would ask him why they are voting on something that the majority of the American people DON’T WANT.

Gaby, choice is not the word, money is.

Yes Mr Axelrod you may have enough votes to pass Obamacare, but sir I guarantee you come November 2010 you will lose control of the House and probably the Senate. So you better gloat while you can because you and your Democratic party buddies will be in the unemployment line. A TEA party member.
Posted by: 312capri | Mar 14, 2010 10:19:17 AM
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Keep dreaming. It’s only natural to lose seats once you gain such a large control, but the right wing nutcases will never run this country again.

Naw… 40% chance… maybe!

Tapper why arent you asking and demanding transparency with the arm twisting and back room deals that will be going on this week. After all didnt obama and pelosi promise this would be the most transparent administration? Just more lies coming from this corrupt president.

I get the feeling that a lot of the republicans who are scared about the nation collapsing because of health care reform are the same people who went out and bought guns and built bunkers for the Y2K switch. Do you people even get tired or bored from being scared all the time of everything?

People who support this bill by saying “everyone deserves healthcare” fail to realize the full picture. Most of those uninsured already get Healthcare through emergency rooms. They don’t pay their bills but get the service they need. Seniors who are already on Medicare (your universal coverage) are NOT getting what they need and can generally not afford the meds and services they need. What makes you think universal coverage is going to be any different? Remember, 85% of americans are covered. And don’t forget, the government Medicare program IS already far too expensive, they have distroyed Doctor practices (that and malpractice) and it doesn’t work for those who need it the most.

Ray Lahood is about as conservative and fiscally responsible as Obama!

Posted by: Scott | Mar 14, 2010 10:43:18 AM
“I get the feeling that a lot of the republicans who are scared about the nation collapsing because of health care reform are the same people who went out and bought guns and built bunkers for the Y2K switch. ”
Gee, Scott. Have any more “feelings” toward other arbitrary issues?

To those of you blaming the repubs, are you silly? It’s the dems not passing and/or worried about passing this bill! Something is wrong if they can’t get their own party to vote the way they want without having to strong arm them with promises and more pork. Get real.

Why not have universal food, water and shelter then? How about clothing? That’s pretty important, no? And what about legal representation and transportation? No need to talk about jobs anymore.

Jobs are going gone, manufacturing and service industries, even the government has outsourced some of its jobs, health care has been outsourced in some instances, sending billing and people to have their procedures done overseas…so those hardworking citizens complaining about those who aren’t working, lets see if your job is next in line in being axed…the majority of people want to work, re-education is one possibility but not all people are rocket scientist geniuses…am so sick and tired of this mantra of working for others mentality, especially when I see those working at McDonalds after their unemployment benefits ran out…hmm, the middle class is going…poverty increasing…neither party can help…how many times has one heard that those jobs are not returning…the damage is done…

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want “Universal Healthcare” comparable to England or Canada .
Posted by: Nancy | Mar 14, 2010 11:03:39
Comparable programs aren’t on the table here– so get real, indeed. Read the bill and Obama’s proposal of fixes. Also take a look at a wider range of illnesses in comparison with France and Switzerland. And figure in cost and overutilization.
Also, take a look at medical inflation and premium trend lines. the status quo isn’t sustainable and a vast majority of Americans recognize the need for health care reform, something Republicans have been wholly unwilling to tackle. I admire the tenacity of the Democrats when it comes to dealing with chronic issues that affect the economy and the security of all Americans.

What’s worse?
Posted by: Nancy | Mar 14, 2010 11:07:30 AM
Those duped by the Koch brothers, Rupert Murdock and the insurance lobby. Those who put forth a selfish, greedy ideology. Those that exploit fears, and the exploited that embrace it.
the status quo is unsustainable. I admire those willing to tackle chronic problems. I don’t admire obstruction in the name of sour grapes and power grabs. Nor do I admire wholly owned subsidiaries of special interests.
We need health care reform. The vast majority of Americans recognize that.

Nancy, LOL, you are referring to those who sought any medical treatment, who initially had gone to the physician based upon complaint, referring to those on cadillac plans in the U.S, those numbers are significantly lower when taken in account those who are knowingly under insured or lack coverage…death statistics are much higher in the U.S., and besides, take the universal plan in Germany over Canadian and English style any day…

progressive mama….expecting people to be self reliant instead of relying on the government teat is not selfish greedy ideology. Your name says it all…..progressive…..take from those that work and give to those that don’t. I’d bet you are in the latter category.

To: BIGObigo
1. Why doesn’t the United States have universal health care as a right of citizenship? The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee access to health care as a right of citizenship. 28 industrialized nations have single payer universal health care systems, while 1 (Germany) has a multipayer universal health care system like President Clinton proposed for the United States.
2. Myth One: The United States has the best health care system in the world.
* Fact One: The United States ranks 23rd in infant mortality, down from 12th in 1960 and 21st in 1990
* Fact Two: The United States ranks 20th in life expectancy for women down from 1st in 1945 and 13th in 1960
* Fact Three: The United States ranks 21st in life expectancy for men down from 1st in 1945 and 17th in 1960.
* Fact Four: The United States ranks between 50th and 100th in immunizations depending on the immunization. Overall US is 67th, right behind Botswana
* Fact Five: Outcome studies on a variety of diseases, such as coronary artery disease, and renal failure show the United States to rank below Canada and a wide variety of industrialized nations.
* Conclusion: The United States ranks poorly relative to other industrialized nations in health care despite having the best trained health care providers and the best medical infrastructure of any industrialized nation
3. Myth Two: Universal Health Care Would Be Too Expensive
* Fact One: The United States spends at least 40% more per capita on health care than any other industrialized country with universal health care
* Fact Two: Federal studies by the Congressional Budget Office and the General Accounting office show that single payer universal health care would save 100 to 200 Billion dollars per year despite covering all the uninsured and increasing health care benefits.
* Fact Three: State studies by Massachusetts and Connecticut have shown that single payer universal health care would save 1 to 2 Billion dollars per year from the total medical expenses in those states despite covering all the uninsured and increasing health care benefits
* Fact Four: The costs of health care in Canada as a % of GNP, which were identical to the United States when Canada changed to a single payer, universal health care system in 1971, have increased at a rate much lower than the United States, despite the US economy being much stronger than Canada’s.
* Conclusion: Single payer universal health care costs would be lower than the current US system due to lower administrative costs. The United States spends 50 to 100% more on administration than single payer systems. By lowering these administrative costs the United States would have the ability to provide universal health care, without managed care, increase benefits and still save money
4. Myth Three: Universal Health Care Would Deprive Citizens of Needed Services
* Fact One: Studies reveal that citizens in universal health care systems have more doctor visits and more hospital days than in the US
* Fact Two: Around 30% of Americans have problem accessing health care due to payment problems or access to care, far more than any other industrialized country. About 17% of our population is without health insurance. About 75% of ill uninsured people have trouble accessing/paying for health care.
* Fact Three: Comparisons of Difficulties Accessing Care Are Shown To Be Greater In The US Than Canada (see graph)
* Fact Four: Access to health care is directly related to income and race in the United States. As a result the poor and minorities have poorer health than the wealthy and the whites.
* Fact Five: There would be no lines under a universal health care system in the United States because we have about a 30% oversupply of medical equipment and surgeons, whereas demand would increase about 15%
* Conclusion: The US denies access to health care based on the ability to pay. Under a universal health care system all would access care. There would be no lines as in other industrialized countries due to the oversupply in our providers and infrastructure, and the willingness/ability of the United States to spend more on health care than other industrialized nations.
5. Myth Four: Universal Health Care Would Result In Government Control And Intrusion Into Health Care Resulting In Loss Of Freedom Of Choice
* Fact One: There would be free choice of health care providers under a single payer universal health care system, unlike our current managed care system in which people are forced to see providers on the insurer’s panel to obtain medical benefits
* Fact Two: There would be no management of care under a single payer, universal health care system unlike the current managed care system which mandates insurer preapproval for services thus undercutting patient confidentiality and taking health care decisions away from the health care provider and consumer
* Fact Three: Although health care providers fees would be set as they are currently in 90% of cases, providers would have a means of negotiating fees unlike the current managed care system in which they are set in corporate board rooms with profits, not patient care, in mind
* Fact Four: Taxes, fees and benefits would be decided by the insurer which would be under the control of a diverse board representing consumers, providers, business and government. It would not be a government controlled system, although the government would have to approve the taxes. The system would be run by a public trust, not the government.
* Conclusion: Single payer, universal health care administered by a state public health system would be much more democratic and much less intrusive than our current system. Consumers and providers would have a voice in determining benefits, rates and taxes. Problems with free choice, confidentiality and medical decision making would be resolved
6. Myth Five: Universal Health Care Is Socialized Medicine And Would Be Unacceptable To The Public
* Fact One: Single payer universal health care is not socialized medicine. It is health care payment system, not a health care delivery system. Health care providers would be in fee for service practice, and would not be employees of the government, which would be socialized medicine. Single payer health care is not socialized medicine, any more than the public funding of education is socialized education, or the public funding of the defense industry is socialized defense.
* Fact Two: Repeated national and state polls have shown that between 60 and 75% of Americans would like a universal health care system (see The Harris Poll #78, October 20, 2005)
* Conclusion: Single payer, universal health care is not socialized medicine and would be preferred by the majority of the citizens of this country
7. Myth Six: The Problems With The US Health Care System Are Being Solved and Are Best Solved By Private Corporate Managed Care Medicine because they are the most efficient
* Fact One: Private for profit corporation are the lease efficient deliverer of health care. They spend between 20 and 30% of premiums on administration and profits. The public sector is the most efficient. Medicare spends 3% on administration.
* Fact Two: The same procedure in the same hospital the year after conversion from not-for profit to for-profit costs in between 20 to 35% more
* Fact Three: Health care costs in the United States grew more in the United States under managed care in 1990 to 1996 than any other industrialized nation with single payer universal health care
* Fact Four: The quality of health care in the US has deteriorated under managed care. Access problems have increased. The number of uninsured has dramatically increased (increase of 10 million to 43.4 million from 1989 to 1996, increase of 2.4% from 1989 to 1996- 16% in 1996 and increasing each year).
* Fact Five: The level of satisfaction with the US health care system is the lowest of any industrialized nation.
* Fact Six: 80% of citizens and 71% of doctors believe that managed care has caused quality of care to be compromised
* Conclusion: For profit, managed care can not solve the US health care problems because health care is not a commodity that people shop for, and quality of care must always be compromised when the motivating factor for corporations is to save money through denial of care and decreasing provider costs. In addition managed care has introduced problems of patient confidentiality and disrupted the continuity of care through having limited provider networks.

When do we the American people speak up. Who is organizing the rally’s on the Health Care reform side. Insurance costs are skyrocketing and we sit back allowing paid healthcare lobbyist to throw away the American future proclaiming they represent the American people. Why does it always have to hit the fan before we will act. I am so tired of siding with a party that will not stick together and does not support it’s officials in a fire fight. Illegal aliens taking up healthcare is not anywhere near a complete fix it is a diversion to keep healthcare companies charging up to 5 times more than what they need to charge in other high standard Healthcare systems. Healthcare companies are greedy and willing to send Americans into a downward spiral in order to keep making undeserved profits. Please wake up my friends, it doesn’t just affect a White house, our lack of action will affect our grand kids. Anyone who says this president has let them down is not being sincere. The reality is we let him down and are not holding up the peoples end of the bargain.

Health Care is arbitrary?

A HUGE AMEN!!!!
I have to go through random drug screens once in a while where I work. I handle narcotics every day and would never partake…I get the shivers thinking about it. There SHOULD be a few requirements to get something FREE!!!
Last week a patient’s family was fussing because medicaid takes too long to approve equipment for home…IT IS FREE, it is not like they pay for any insurance!!!!! OR the equipment!!!!

Progressive Mama
We need health care reform. The vast majority of Americans recognize that.
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Yes, I doubt you would find 1% of americans saying we don’t need any reforms. You are right. That is not the issue. The issue is doing it RIGHT, this current bill is not RIGHT. You talk the talk and blame everyone who doesn’t agree with YOU. Do you know what is actually in the bill they are trying to force through? The one you support so wholeheartedly! NO, neither do they. That’s the problem. The point is do it RIGHT the first time and don’t cram this bill down everyone’s throats just for a political statement to say “YES, we dems did it” or more likely for obama to say “I did it!”.

Man, I hope he’s just blowing smoke in an attempt to make it look like it’s a done deal to wavering House Democrats. This bill violates the fundamental rule of medicine, “First Do No Harm”. Whlie, there is a health care problem in America; this bill will only make things worse.

Just pick a small weak country to attack and spend billions overseas, and the Reublicans will jump up to spend billions and nobody complains. Unbudgetd for Billions were borrowed from China and spent in IRAQ rebuilding was was damaged based on WMD lies-the Republicans never raised a voice. Shame on you Repblicans for once the goverment is doing something for odinary American and you are jumping up in your antsy pants.
Vote Sarah Palin to power so that she can declear war on IRAN and run to uncle China, borrow more and spend with Republicans smiling. They are not smiling now, and the average voter can see that. You Republicans can’t fool us anymore come November.

You think this bill is great?? JUST WAIT! We ..the American people, are less than one month away from CASH FOR APPLIANCES..the exciting new program where one set of Americans gives money to another set of Americans to buy new fridges, ovens, air conditioners, washers, waterheaters..up to $1,500 per household.(plus an extra $75 if you toss your old appliance away) gee… .. What will people do when the Washington wishing well runs dry????

Asking an ignorant question is foolish, repeating that ignorant question is insanity.
There are no American troops in Jerusalem. Implying that territorial debates in Israel and Palestine are provoking attacks on American troops thousands of miles away in Afghanistan demonstrates Mr. Tapper’s appalling naiveté

Keep dreaming. It’s only natural to lose seats once you gain such a large control, but the right wing nutcases will never run this country again.
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Nut case? you meant the third world mental of Obama… He is the NUTCASE…
anytime you circumvent the will of the people then you become the moron…
people like you who support this Hugo Chavez style leadership reminded me of Nazi people who supported Hitler’s destruction of the Jewish people…
KRemember the KRISTALLNACHT… Blaming the Jewish for the suffering of the Germany’s ills… Mirror’s that of blaming America’s rich, middle class ofor the ill will of the poor of America

I can’t believe I voted for Obama. I feel like a fool. He has to bribe his own party to vote for a bill that is not in America’s best interest and he’s bringing our deficit to insanely high levels! Shame on me for being so blind.

mr The_Mick
Schooling is not a right…it is a law
Having a radio station is not a right…
but there is a law saying what you need to do to have one…
Having health care is not a right…but there most likely be a law…a bad one…giving health care to those who CAN and should pay for it and taxpayers will pay for it for others, and then pay for healthcare for themselves at a very high cost. Is that fair? I have rights too….I should not have to pay for someone else who can pay!!! I see people on medicaid, because they did not get married so they can have medicaid, yet they live in a relationship with someone who can pay for insurance, but doesn’t. Those who really need it, fine. But I SEE THIS EVERY DAY. It is reality, not just someone pontificating about what they hear from someone.
1. Fix healthcare correctly, it does not have to be a burden on everyone.
2. We really do need healthcare reform, but it needs to come from those who KNOW about it, not from those who do not.
3. Something this large and that will have such an impact on everyone needs to be done like an amendment…every state needs to ratify this. We are citizens of the USA, not minions of the Congress…

Its easy to undo things that obama passes but its hard to undo the people that voted for this scum bag.next time think before you vote and dont listen to the B.S

People who don’t like this bill are:
1. Repub or insurance industry spokepersons
2. Completely uninformed
There is not other option, but it could be both

I am thoroughly sick of spin and half truths and that’s all you seem to get from Obama’s mouthpieces.
If they just passed the pieces of the legislation that the folks in “the polls” liked I’m sure the bill would be under 20 pages.

It is too bad that Washington runs this way. How each representative of the Congress votes should always be a question every time. Today, 90% of the votes are known before anyone comes up with a bill. We need to begin replacing Congressmen as often as necessary. Most states do not have to wait to get rid of someone, they have what is known as ‘recall’. New slogan across American. Keep replacing bad politicians.

This is not the bill that the polls addressed and that the Senate approved. The bill has been changed. So instead of saying, “let’s see what’s in it (and not in it anymore)” opponents are camping on the polls that condemned the carve outs that are no longer there. The polls are now invalid, but the drumbeat of corrupted corporate interests opposed to HC reform continues.

Just can’t wait to lose more of our freedoms in this country, its coming…

justanotheropinion123: Why is it that Special Intestest…including Health lobbyists are giving more $ to Dems then Repubs? So which party is in the pocket of them?

The Chamber of Commerce spent over $100 million to fight against health care reform. Do you think they care about your health or well being? No, they care about profit and bonuses. Wake up. Stop being taken for a fool by Wall Street.

HUMBLE!! Obama won’t allow the re-importation of drugs..do you think HE cares about your healthcare??

In my “This Week” interview, Axelrod said he believes “that we’ll be there at the end of the day.” He added that the end of this process, which has gone on for more than a year, is near. “I believe it is going to happen this week,” Axelrod said.
Bull. They don’t have the votes, and they never have. If the votes were there, this bill would have been passed a year ago. Think about it… what have we heard repeatedly during the healthcare bill battle? People are dying every minute because of lack of healthcare insurance, the system is broken and robbing people of money with premium increases, insurance companies get richer by the day with enormous profits (which we have found to be not so enormous compared to other industries), and so on.
And yet, a healthcare overhaul reform bill has not been passed for a YEAR. Does that not tell them something? It tells me two things: 1)The American public is well aware of the problems with healthcare, but that doesn’t mean we want federal government intervention. 2)The Obama administration have worked themselves into a corner. They haven’t passed the bill yet because they are afraid for their political lives. They’ve tried scare tactics, ‘bipartisan talks’, pep rallies, doctors in their white jackets standing behind Obama… all to no avail in changing public perception. So a ‘yes’ vote now means a ‘no’ vote in their political future. However, on the flip side, if they don’t pass it, the Obama legacy is as good as nothing. His entire presidency, up to this point, has been nothing but healthcare. For a bill that was supposed to be anything but ‘political’, that’s exactly what the bottom line is.

OBAMA, BIDEN, PELOSI, REID, AXELROD, RHAM AND THE OTHER LIBERALS ARE DESTROYING AMERICA. THERE IS NO HONOR AMONG THIEVES! ONE MORE BILL PASSED — ONE MORE NAIL IN FREEDOM’S COFFIN! Last week, Obama told a fundraising audience in St. Louis that “it’s nice to get out of Washington.” WHAT??? He spent his first year in office JOY-RIDING to FOREIGN countries – with his family – AT OUR EXPENSE. He made more “foreign” trips during his first year (10 trips involving stops in 21 nations) than any U.S. president before him. With the fate of HCR, the Campaigner-In-Chief is NOW visiting “American” cities to ram Obamacare down our throats. This is the most corrupt administration in history. SEE YA IN NOVEMBER!

INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES? HAVE YOU EXAMINED THE ECONOMIES OF EUROPE, CANADA AND JAPAN? THEY ARE MUCH WORSE OFF THAN OURS, AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS LIKE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE (going belly up) THAT COST SO MUCH ARE TO BLAME. THEIR PEOPLE ARE BEING TAXED TO DEATH MY INS IS EXPENSIVE, BUT I WOULD “NEVER” TRADE MY HEATH CARE FOR ANY OTHER COUNTRY’S. AND BY THE LOOKS OF THE POLLS ON THIS ISSUE…. NOT MANY OTHERS WOULD EITHER. WHY DO THESE IDIOTS WANT TO GRAB ANOTHER ONE SIXTH OF OUR ECONOMY FOR VERY, VERY, VERY, DUBIOUS RESULTS. THIS IS JUST NUTS.

NANCY PELOSI COMES ON TV AND SAYS THAT THE HOUSE WILL PASS THE BILL – AND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN SOMETHING? PELOSI IS ALSO THE GENIUS WHO SAID A FEW DAYS AGO “THAT WE WILL DISCOVER WHAT IS IN THE BILL AFTER WE PASS IT.” THIRD IN LINE FOR THE PRESIDENCY? OUCH!!

rob..your 4:36 post…you can’t be serious withyour statement…”just like Lenin in his disdain for the common man”. And you think that those 30-40 million uninsured are anything BUT the common man? What are people like you “thinking” when you write this stuff? I’ll warn you right now. You are going to be a great “target” for “backlash voting propaganda” and I’ll bet you run right out there and “vote against your own best interests” in the fall.

Axelrod should be in jail….

If you want to insure the 7 – 15 mln americans who really need insurance, why not just revamp medicaid or buy them round-trip tickets to canada (if they want to try government health care so badly). It will cost of fraction of this Obama takeover and doesn’t force the other 90% of us to finance the Dems and their failed policies. This whole Obamacare is just a scam to raise taxes and pay off the unions, thus buying more votes for the corrupt Dems. Are we to wait another week for Pelosi and Reid to pay off the remaining congressmen??

Facts over fiction – You want to question what harm Lenin brought to Russia. This is getting off the subject of this blog now but why don’t you read history. I lived in Russia for over 10 years, and most would call you an uninformed American at best. Try living through 70 years of communism and a totalitarian regime. Axelrod’s ancestors are from the same place, strangely, and now he wants to pul the same strtegy here (or try reading Saul Alinsky, his and Obama’s mentor) :-)

Why are you talking about Lenin’s impact? I commented on YOU and your rediculous comparison between Pres. Obama and Lenin (Oh, Lenin was a Bolshevik dictator, not a communist as you proposed Mr Russian expert. But who cares about accuracy right?)
The bill leaves private insurance in place. There is no gov’t takeover. To try and state the health care bill somehow indicates we’re now communists led by a totalitarian leader is just melodramatic, incredibly stupid, and lacks any sense of actual reason.
The majority of Americans VOTED for Obama, remember? (By a majority of over 9 million) We did so because our faulty health care system needs to be addressed. Republicans did nothing to improve health care when they had control of the house and the Presidency – absolutely nothing.
And how did I know you’d start using the more comparisons like Alinsky? How original. Are you going to start using Chavez next? You have absorbed the propaganda well.
My grasp of history goes well beyond cherry picking vague similarities and then stating “they must be the same”. Since Hitler was a Christian, you must believe all Christians want genocide right?
I’ve already wasted five minutes on your nonsense. Now go “read your history”

Read all the comments & people’s opinions on this matter , I don;t care what web page u got to. they are running negative 90% on Obama his Cabinet and his agendas.

uh what makes you think this reform is going to fix the mess? for all we know it could make it even worsts.. think about it they came to this with one horse trade after another looking out for their own special interests and that is supposed to solved this mess? come on!!

Dream on! American friends against reform. We are fairly divided in most issues now. That is natural as people start to be more educated and think outside of what the newspapers and TV stations says. These news outlets all have to get paid somehow. One way or another they all have to bend towards one side. Most of us, worldly people try to read news and thoughts from all over the world. Not just from our controlled local hick news agencies. For sure, we are the best country in the world people. Now let show that we have the best minds and hearts as well. And yes, we will have to pay for lots of poor bastards suffering and dying in our streets. But that will make our America a better place for the future. Hate exists in our country because we have become so selfish and careless. Not to say that the rest of the world is not so. But let’s be better than Mexico, Russia and China. Why let all these countries think we are becoming a joke? And perhaps we are. If God could speak to us today, he will want us to support the right path. Let’s keep fighting for what our fathers dreamed of constructing. “A Beautiful America”.

I was a big fan of George Stephanopoulos. Since he left, the interviews with people such as Axelorod are an embarassment. The are not interiews in the classic sense – just a lead question to permit the inteviewee the opportunity to espouse his talking points. Might you challenge what they say even occassionally?

Facts Over Stupidity —- Here’s a fact for you. Obama calls this Insurance reform, not health care reform. If health care needs reform and we ALL agree we pay too much for health care, how about we go after why the costs are so high? This bill does not address why Tylenol is $20 in the hospital and $5 at the pharmacy. It does not address why 1 night in the ICU is $20000. Health care costs are too high and this bill doesn’t even begin to address the problem, yet it costs over $1 trillion. There you have it, facts and stupidity.

THE BILL WILL PASS.
It is inevitable.
We the patriotic and compassionate Americans like the Bill.
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AARP Bulletin 3/10
From Kaiser Family Foundation, Jan., 2010. Survey of American Citizens:
Give tax credits to small businesses to cover employees (73% approval)
Create health insurance exchanges to help people get coverage (67% approve).
Leave most people’s existing coverage unchanged (66% approve).
Prohibit insurers from denying coverage or charging more for people with pre-existing conditions (63% approve).
Expand Medicaid to cover more low-income people (62% approve).
Allow children coverage under parents’ insurance until age 26 (60% approve).
Help close the Medicare Part D donut hole (60% approve).
Etc., etc., etc…..
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If the Repubs want to campaign against these numbers come November, let me borrow from George Bush and say BRING IT ON.
The Repubs are running scared because they know that once this Bill passes the Dems are guaranteed to win in November.
If it were really a Kamikaze mission as the Repubs claim don’t you think they will be cheering the Dems on to their defeat?
If it were that bad for the Dems the Repubs would not be fightiong it.
I think the Repubs believe we are all idiots.
Steve_NJ.

It’s time. Let it pass. We are taking a chance. Hope this works Obama.

Obama & his bill passing dems need to be voted OUT of office. They ALL suck!!!

I think Axlerod is on target, to replace Cheney, as the person to despise, in the Democrats.