Senate Health Care Reform Bill meaningless, does not eliminate public option

PDOP ^ | 09/16/09 | J Brown

[Jabrown]

Senator Baucus introduced the Senate version of Health Care Reform this morning, claiming that the so called "compromise" bill eliminates the public option and provides a platform for bipartisan support. Despite the language or provisions contained in the bill, the fact remains that the Senate version is meaningless and should not be considered for passage until the House of Representatives changes HR3200 and presents a bill that does not contain a public option or similar programming. The passage of a Senate bill while leaving the House bill unchanged will result in the re-introduction of the public option in a final bill that is no longer subject to a filibuster.

When legislation containing materially different provisions passes both houses of congress, that legislation must be...

[staytrue]

The passage of a Senate bill while leaving the House bill unchanged will result in the re-introduction of the public option in a final bill that is no longer subject to a filibuster.

This is exactly right. This is also how all the crap in the stimulus bill got in. The senate porkulus bill was bad but not too bad, but in reconciliation with the house bill, all kinds of crap got put back in.

[Jabrown]

Yep and the media will never mention a word of it...we must hammer this everywhere

[txrangerette]

Even that doesn’t cover it.

If the Senate Bill prevailed and passed as is, IT IS STILL A GOVERNMENT PLAN.

The FEDS would order all of us around like pieces on a chessboard in regard to health care and health insurance.

Like we get fined if we don’t have insurance.

All the horrible taxes in the Bill and mandates.

IT’S ALL A GOVERNMENT PLAN, WITH OR WITHOUT AN ACTUAL OPTION RUN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

If it had reforms to enhance the free market that is currently being impeded, that would be entirely different. Such as allowing insurance to be bought and sold across state lines.

But it is just the opposite kind of Bill.