On Aug 16, 2009, at 11:27 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/r23exl
http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/rip-public-option/
This is all written as though there will definitely be no public
option. I think it's too early to call. But those who wrote it take
delight in doing so because it enables them to grind their anti-
Obama ax once again. I agree that the 14th amendment should be
changed. Corporate lobbying is this country's greatest curse. And
changing it would be a serious Catch 22, as the corporate lobbyists
would fight such change so fiercely. BTW, how do you think health
care reform would be coming along if Hillary were president? I
suspect she'd be getting twice the flak Obama is getting. Her
praise for him was quite effusive in last week'sFareed Zakaria
interview. Maybe working closely with him has given her a
perspective Raunchy can't attain.
The lobbyists have already made one of the biggest wins they could
have prayed for and that was, despite huge, almost astronomical
purchasing powers for hordes of meds, Obama appears to have conceded
to not give the taxpayers a price reduction for the millions and
millions of drugs they will have to purchase from Big Pharma. One
widget one price, a million widgets the same price? WTF? How can we
pretend to be anything like the Canadian plans, when they get HUGE
discounts for a much smaller population for their pharmaceuticals.
Seniors in Maine line up for buses to New Brunswick and get 60+%
savings on the same meds in Canada. And he can't get a discount. It's
insane. Time to scrap the plan.
