Who Voted Against Health Care Reform-- And Why? »
Posted By Tumultuous 1 week, 5 days ago in Political OpinionI lived-tweeted last night's historic session of the House of Representatives as it voted to pass the health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed comprehensive health reform. This is history. Tragically, 39 Democrats, mostly corrupt, bought-out Insurance Industry shills, crossed the aisle and found themselves on the wrong side of history. Only one Republican, Anh Cao-- ironically the Representative from New Orleans who was elected in response to a major corruption scandal-- crossed the aisle in the other direction, to stand on the right side of history.
Within moments of the final vote, the DCCC was out with a press release to media outlets in Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine and Janesville pointing out that junior Republican congressional leader Paul Ryan-- the worst shill for the Medical-Industrial Complex ($730,315) and most nortorious lackey of the Insurance Industry ($518,051) in the history of Wisconsin-- was a leader of the mindless obstructionism that led the GOP to refuse to take a serious and constructive part in the debate, instead of just villifying the entire process. The headline: Representative Paul Ryan Just Says No To Affordfable Health Care For America's Middle Class. Although much of the media in his home district reflexively works to shield and protect Ryan from "bad" news, this is what they were reading this morning:
The House of Representatives took historic bipartisan action this evening by passing health insurance reform. Putting big insurance company profits before struggling middle class families in his district, today Representative Paul Ryan said no to reforming health insurance in America.
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Beau78901 week, 5 days ago
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Here's a link that shows how many nonelderly uninsured (in other words, not aualified for Medicare) their are in each district whose representatives voted no:
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alanocu1 week, 5 days ago
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Liberals know that their ultimate goal would be abhorrent to anyone who loves liberty so they try to hide what they want. They want a government takeover of health care and the removal of individual liberty on that issue, but that’s a hard sell. So they get the public option, which they sell as greater liberty (”more choice!”), but the idea is it will eventually push out everything else and lead to a government takeover. That’s its only purpose, and a line in the sand has to be drawn by every Republican.
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truthiness1 week, 5 days ago
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Liberals- end slavery
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conservatives- no
liberals- give africanamericans the vote
conservatives- no
liberals- give women the vote
conservatives- no
liberals- SS to keep the elderly out of poverty
conservatives- no
liberals- medicare/medicaid to care for elderly and poor
conservatives- no
liberals- civil rights act
conservatives- no
conservatives- pre-emptive war
liberals -no
liberals regulate corporate corruption
conservatives- no
liberals- cap/trade to force market green
conservatives- no
liberals- universal health care
conservatives - no
a proud american history for one of us. -
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Charlson1 week, 4 days ago
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I'm surprised that Congressman Barrow, from Georgia, voted with the republicans.
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The right continues to gripe that health care reform is a government takeover. They said the same for SS and Medicare. They didn't want to provide a system of retirement or medical care for working americans.
And now they want to deny ACCESS to affordable health care for all Americans in the guise of costs. They had no problems with costs until democrats won majority elections, then they had a change of heart and are now fiscally conservative, again?
The democrat's health care reform plan covers more and costs the same or less than the republican alternative. So who would be stupid enough to vote against a plan that does more and costs the same? Duh! -
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riverat1 week, 4 days ago
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Saying that health care takes away your liberty is a little like saying the police take away your liberty to be a victim of crime. You can refuse Medicare but how many do. Lets hear a pledge from all you "liberty lovers" that you will refuse Medicare and the VA system if you care so badly! I´m guessing you take it all and want to prevent others from getting anything! Just selfish to Me.
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Georgia501 week, 4 days ago
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Do not control the playing field with Medicare as the federal government does, by making it the only game in town, then bray that no one wants to turn it down.
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You see any Amish people kicking themselves for not having it to rely on? Nope. They've stuck with their cash-and-pay model that has served them well for over a century, and it's working for them today. They are the only Americans granted a religious exemption from government stupidity. Loosen insurance regulations and let ALL Americans have the same option the Amish have, and you will see medicare/medicaid dry up like the cancerous infections they are.
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