Is the health insurance reform bill now supposed to be in it’s final composition is going to be derailed because of the Democrats lose the seat vacated by Ted Kennedy?
This is going to be very interesting as things are beginning to unravel for the Rock Star President! Most of the democrats are blaming Mr. Obama for the Dems losing that valuable seat and traditional Senate Seat.
But does it really tip the balance on how the health care reform bill will be pass or not? My personal view on this is that it is going to be difficult for the Republicans to derail the inevitable passing of the bill. Only time will tell!
The other question is the what is going to happen to the public health insurance option? Public health care is very much needed and they need to have that incorporated into the bill regardless or it is run by the government or not.
But with the democrats losing more seats to the Republicans, it will obviously become harder for the President to get his programs and plans to get favorable treatment from congress.
What they need with the health care reform bill is by-partisan passing so that it will have support from the people and will eventually become a more popular and accepted health care and one that really works for every American.
There are so many things that can happen and if they are going to happen, the Health Care reform Bill may stall. The reason for this is the special elections that are about to happen. These two seats in the senate can give the Republicans to to do some damage or may stall the final passing of the bill especially with a lot of people being unhappy with the government of Mr. Obama tilting to what they felt is Socialism.
There are two seats to that needs to be filled and the seat of the late Ted Kennedy which was suppose to be a no problem for the Democrats is not a big problem for them if they can their candidate to win. About two weeks ago the white house according to news suggest that they are in control but now they have doubts if they still win it.
This will be huge loss for the Dems if they cannot win the two seats as this are crucial to the passing of the health care reform bill.
And how about the public health insurance option? Is there any talk about it? I think it is almost dead but my guess is that somehow they will make it available to the more needy people.
I hope they will include a part of the bill where all Americans can have health insurance even at least a basic one. It would be great to have a more comparable health insurance to Canada and Australia.
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There is a big rap going around on how the health care reform bill is being discuss on it’s final merging. The Obama government transparency is completely thrown off the window and the Public health insurance option which this writer really supports is now almost a foregone conclusion. Why? There are so many Americans who do not have their own health insurance and they are are not expected to get as much coverage in the present form of the bill.
Who benefits from all of these supposed health reforms?
Is this for the big people of the health industry and the pharmaceutical companies lobbying feverishly to avoid the Public Health Insurance Option?
Shall we all get private health insurance? Too bad!
This is a shame as All Americans should have health coverage just like the citizens of Canada of some other industrialized countries in the world.
How can America proudly say the world Leader and but cannot provide health insurance for 47 million of its own people?
This is not a good impression from anyone and people in the third world can think that they have their counterparts in the US…..What A Shame!!!
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There is so much vote buying going around the Senate just to pass or to get a few of their colleagues to be in favor of the Health Care Reform Bill. Yes! it did pass by 60 to 40 votes and there is a reason to celebrate because this has never been done by the past 6 US presidents. But vote buying? This is appalling to me. There has always been the backroom deals but never heard of anything in this magnitude or proportions. Giving these Senators hundreds of millions to thee pet projects is totally unacceptable. With no public health insurance option totally strip in the Senate and it’s still favored in the lower house, I just don’t see how this is going pan out.
For a layman like me, it is very hard to comprehend how the magnitude on how far they go just to get these votes even it is so unpopular to masses. How can a trusted lawmaker stomach that kind of deals or bribery? is there anything ethical or morally right these days or simply these words are just writing on the encyclopedia?
A 100 million for the lawmaker from Louisiana so they can secure her vote! Compromise on how to tax other health services such increasing one and the getting rid of the other just to satisfy the request for a senators State. Public health care should be given to every American citizen but not at this expense.
The Health Care Reform bill has gone too far and has disregard the very foundation of what the US pres. profess to do. Clean and transparent government and upholding ethical and moral values.
Can any one step in and say “with TEETH” this has gone too far and has to Stop!???
Good Luck America!
Now the Senate democrats have the number to push the Health Care Reform bill to pass before the Christmas timetable. Senator Ben Nelson who was a hold out and wanted some more changes to abortion part of the bill got his wishes. So now they have the Magic 60 votes to get through Senate. The remains if the public health insurance option would still be an option. Or did they change the wording on it and would still have the public health care option?
This is Big Win for Pres Obama who has been the main supporter and or probably the author of this bill in essence. Whether we will see the public health insurance option or not the passage of the Health Care Reform bill is almost a done deal!
This is very great news to all democrats and Americans who were in favor of this health care reform but great sadness for those republicans and other Americans who thought that it will cut a lot of the services going to Medicare and left some seniors in serious trouble.
There are two sides to this and if this bill passes through it got to have the real value otherwise people would shouting on the streets for a hush-hush health care reform.
The other question now is who are the winners and losers in all of this big debate and sometime personal debates between the Democrats and the Republicans?
Some of the health care insurer are going to be hit by this and some estimates has it some will close down and since the economy is very weak and still a working progress, companies closing down is the last thing you need to see.
With the news of Senator Ben Nelson not yet in favor of the health care reform bill, the Democrats badly needed his vote to make the 60 votes needed to prevent the filibuster from the Republicans.
Sen. Ben Nelson withheld his vote because he needed to see more stricter rules on abortion and unless it is modified he is withholding his vote. This bill is fully supported by Pres. Obama.
The problem of democrats to get this done before Christmas become unrealistic when when Sen. Olympia Snowe said after a meeting with the President that the timetable given is “totally unrealistic” According to the AP Associated Press news from yahoo news online.
This has put any chance of getting some form of publicly funded public health insurance option for people who cannot afford it. With the strong lobbying by big insurance companies for the bill not to pass has makes things worse for the President and the Democrats who have tabled this bill.
Without the public health insurance option or public health care option on the table or on the bill, it will be hard for those 47 million or whatever the number is, to get any decent type or form of health insurance.
This will most likely not going to pass the Senate floor before the Christmas timetable that Pres. Obama has said.
I just hope that these Senators will have some kind of a compromise to this historical health reform bill so that Americans can get what they deserve.
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