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Their Own Medicine: Senators prefer the insurance they have
Wall Street Journal ^ | July 18, 2009 | Opinion

Posted on 07/18/2009 4:30:37 PM PDT by jazusamo

In the health debate, liberals sing Hari Krishnas to the "public option" -- a new federal insurance program like Medicare -- but if it's good enough for the middle class, then surely it's good enough for the political class too? As it happens, more than a few Democrats disagree.

On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn that would require all Members and their staffs to enroll in any new government-run health plan. Yet all Democrats -- with the exceptions of acting chairman Chris Dodd, Barbara Mikulski and Ted Kennedy via proxy -- voted nay.

In other words, Sherrod Brown and Sheldon Whitehouse won't themselves join a plan that "will offer benefits that are as good as those available through private insurance plans -- or better," as the Ohio and Rhode Island liberals put it in a recent op-ed. And even a self-described socialist like Vermont's Bernie Sanders, who supports a government-only system, wouldn't sign himself up.

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KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; bhohealthcare; congress; democratcongress; democrats; healthcare; healthinsurance; insurance; liberalfascism; obama; obamacare; socializedmedicine
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Good for thee but not for me.
1 posted on 07/18/2009 4:30:37 PM PDT by jazusamo
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Yet all Democrats -- with the exceptions of acting chairman Chris Dodd, Barbara Mikulski and Ted Kennedy via proxy -- voted nay.



Sherrod F*n Brown. OHIO

I guess Kennedy voted 'no' on Kopechne 40 years ago today, too.

2 posted on 07/18/2009 4:34:51 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Fili et Spiritus Sancti.)
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Yet all Democrats — with the exceptions of acting chairman Chris Dodd, Barbara Mikulski and Ted Kennedy via proxy — voted nay.
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Could there possibly be any better HARD EVIDENCE that the power-grabbing nightmare of socialized medicine is really bad for those that must suffer it??? Ask Britain, ask Canada. Ask the DemoRats that won’t touch it - no they want to stay HEALTHY with their gold-plated, UNCONDITIONAL, infinite FREE health care paid for by the taxpayers.

The ideological sickness that is driving this egregious disaster must be stopped.


3 posted on 07/18/2009 4:38:49 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: EagleUSA

Agreed, it must be stopped.

I believe Zer0 is getting concerned, the more that is being made known the less people like it.


4 posted on 07/18/2009 4:43:11 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Just tell your congressional representative—all I want is the same plan you and your staff have!! And watch them back down—this is proof that Obamacare is NOT about health insurance...


5 posted on 07/18/2009 4:44:34 PM PDT by browniexyz
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To: EagleUSA
Could there possibly be any better HARD EVIDENCE that the power-grabbing nightmare of socialized medicine is really bad for those that must suffer it???

There is no better evidence than this.....

....."Free Health-Care" is neither, and the Senators know it.

6 posted on 07/18/2009 4:44:52 PM PDT by SteamShovel (When hope trumps reality, there is no hope at all.)
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To: combat_boots
I guess Kennedy voted ‘no’ on Kopechne 40 years ago today, too.

Are we the tax payers paying for Kennedy's *Top
Notch* medical treatment?
I would wager we are. Teddy
Should be Obama’s example of *Hospice Care*

Please Teddy..show America how to die with dignity at your own expense,not ours!

7 posted on 07/18/2009 4:45:46 PM PDT by katiekins1 (Obama=DickTater N Chief)
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To: jazusamo
They give up their health care and use what we use.

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8 posted on 07/18/2009 4:49:26 PM PDT by Dubya (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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Congress MUST sign on to this or no one should


9 posted on 07/18/2009 4:51:13 PM PDT by The Wizard (Democrat Party: a criminal enterprise)
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To: jazusamo

This is all you need to know about ObamaCare.


10 posted on 07/18/2009 4:51:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: katiekins1

OTHER WAY AROUND ...

YO OBAMMY!!! you want us to get behind your HEalthcare debacle??? ... Give us the same plan SENATE HAS .. or force them to take yours... OTHERWISE...

Fugedabowdit!!


11 posted on 07/18/2009 4:54:36 PM PDT by gwilhelm56 (Orwell's 1984 - To Conservatives, a WARNING - to Liberals, a TEXTBOOK!)
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To: The Wizard; Oldeconomybuyer
Congress MUST sign on to this or no one should

Exactly!

12 posted on 07/18/2009 4:54:45 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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I smell the stench of hypocrisy all the way from Washington. Are you telling me the U.S. political elite have special HC provisions separate- and superior in every way- from the People whom they are foisting this catastrophic, unwanted legislation upon, and they fully intend to cling to it? *Shocked*

Here we have the biggest issue, imo, and I'm pleased to see someone else running with it. They need to answer off teleprompter to this. We should all demand it!

13 posted on 07/18/2009 5:00:44 PM PDT by Dysart (It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong--Voltaire)
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To: gwilhelm56
*Pay to Play in Reverse*
Its about time the RINO'S remove their heads from Barry's A$$!
14 posted on 07/18/2009 5:06:24 PM PDT by katiekins1 (Obama=DickTater N Chief)
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To: jazusamo

Darned tootin’ if we get it, they have to have it. Else no deal.

Because that will mean NO DEAL.


15 posted on 07/18/2009 5:09:52 PM PDT by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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To: katiekins1

Teddy should be being counseled about his ‘death choices’ — I understand that is also in this plan. And mandatory.


16 posted on 07/18/2009 5:19:05 PM PDT by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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To: jazusamo

The campaign commericials write themselves.


17 posted on 07/18/2009 5:19:05 PM PDT by KansasGirl (I still think Obama is just plain creepy.)
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To: bboop

My thought too. This will never pass since Congress could not stomach the same plan.


18 posted on 07/18/2009 5:20:54 PM PDT by Orange1998
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To: bboop
Because that will mean NO DEAL.

Good point and you're right.

19 posted on 07/18/2009 5:23:17 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Orange1998

You know they will exclude themselves. And union members. And anyone who voted Democrat. And anyone on welfare. And ....


20 posted on 07/18/2009 5:23:28 PM PDT by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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