Posted on 08/31/2009 3:49:07 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
Little Rock - U.S. Rep. Mike Ross says he believes some overhaul of the nation's health care system will be achieved this year, but doubts it will include a government-run option.
Ross told students at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service on Monday that he doubts liberals or conservatives will be completely pleased with whatever health reforms are achieved.
Ross also told students that he thinks House leaders have focused too much on covering the uninsured as a goal of the health reform overhaul pushed by President Barack Obama. Ross said the focus should also be on reforming the insurance industry and keeping costs down for those with coverage. ...
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“...the focus should also be on reforming the insurance industry and keeping costs down...”
tort reform for keeping costs down.
Like a Japanese soldier pretending to be dead in WW2, don’t trust these people until you’re absolutely sure it won’t jump up ever again.
Kill The Bill.
The chatter on Chicago talk radio today is that “Obama needs a win, badly” and that he will smear some lipstick on an insurance reform pig and call it good, take a victory lap.
It’ll still be a pig regardless.
Lift the insurance mandates that require insurance to cover things people don’t necessarily want to pay for!!! Things like acupuncture, wigs, and substance abuse counseling. Mandates make it so that the only insurance plans available are too expensive for many people.
They will add it later.
Every time Congress undertakes to "reform" an industry and "keep costs down", it ends up costing consumers money.
Anybody for more "cable reform"...??? How about "air-quality reform"...???
The Clinton School of Public Service. First time I’ve seen that in print and it came as a shock.
They need to round file all of the current bills, all non starters. The entire house bill (all 1K pages) is a POS and none of it needs to survive in any form.
And then there is the Clinton Governor's School...
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exactly...once they get the bill passed in some watered down fashion, project creep will set in or as what was once famously said, “Stroke of the pen, law of the land, kinda cool”..
“Ross also told students that he thinks House leaders have focused too much on covering the uninsured as a goal of the health reform overhaul pushed by President Barack Obama. Ross said the focus should also be on reforming the insurance industry and keeping costs down for those with coverage.”
I actually agree with the dem here. Method may differ, but that’s a better starting point.
Still erect but buckling badly. Ramp up the heat.
It’s sad how we develop legislation. This whole conference deal is a very backwards way of doing things. It’s better to get down to the common concensus and move from there....rather than this stab in the back way we have it.
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