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Originally Posted by BFT3K
Good points, and to be clear, I would like a single payer plan and/or a public option and/or medicare for all.
If the current plan has any chance whatsoever, it is through a simple majority vote, through reconciliation.
At that point why the fuck is Obama selling out so fucking far to the right, and the insurance companies?
I like Obama, and I am 100% behind healthcare reform, but I don't worship him. He was the better option at the time.
If he grows a pair, maybe he'll get re-elected, but if he plays so far to the center right that he loses his base, he has no chance. He will not win any support from the right, no matter what he does - even if it is exactly what they claim they want him to do.
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I have a feeling that they will be writing a new bill soon and if nothing else using reconciliation to get it passed. I think they need this going into the elections. Then we will find out exactly how people feel about it because it would far and away be the number one issue during the elections later this year. You know the dems will be saying, "We finally got it done." and the republicans will be saying, "You all just got screwed." People will express their opinion with their vote.