The Stupak-Pitts amendment is relatively short–only twelve lines, eleven if you discount the section header. In fact, here is the entire text, quoted below: No funds authorized or appropriated by this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) may be used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the...
I thought I was going to have a meaningful debate today on Twitter. The Stupak amendment to H.R. 3962 is getting a lot of airtime and a common thread is that the amendment restricts women’s rights, which it clearly doesn’t. When I tried to explain to someone (@RayBeckerman) that the amendment was simply intended...
Tort reform is a key aspect that must be included in any health care reform bill. Unfortunately, the latest bill, H.R. 3962 explicitly removes any cap on legal damages or attorney fee’s, as illustrated on page 1432, section 4a and 4b: (4) CONTENTS OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL LIABILITY LAW.—The contents of an alternative liability law...
It’s very telling to see that the AFLCIO has already read all 1990 pages of H.R. 3962, performed conclusive analysis, including cost analysis and coverage analysis, all in the same day the bill was released. They posted this to their twitter account; @AFLCIO. The House health care bill: great on coverage, fairly financed, affordable....
I have a column set up in Tweetdeck, specifically to follow the #HCR hashtag and I continue to be amazed at how some people react when they learn specific politicians are “owned” by lobby groups. For example, today we found out that Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) would vote to block health care reform in...
It's time to recognize that Obama is not the Obamessiah, but just another corruptible politician that must be treated with skepticism. Health care reform isn't what's needed at this point. Government reform is what's needed. Lobbyists have become too powerful and politicians too corrupt. True health care reform is unobtainable...
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has a petition to establish health care as a right. The petition does no justice in establishing a valid reason to define health care as a right. Instead, it argues that ‘we’ve been trying to reform health care since 1912, we are already paying for universal health care but don’t...
According to Obama’s play book, Rules For Radicals by Saul Alinsky, rule number seven states that “a conflict that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Among the reasons is the simple fact that human beings can sustain an interest in a particular subject only over a limited period of time. The concentration, the...
It is often difficult to have a meaningful debate on health care for the simple fact that ideologies get in the way. The debate breaks down when people start talking about health care as a right, universal coverage, etc. Free speech is a right. Peaceful assembly is a right. The pursuit of happiness is...
Today Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned republicans “If we can’t work out to do something within the committee structure, then we’ll be forced to do reconciliation” In other words, ‘we’re going to get our way regardless.’ But it isn’t just the republicans who are resisting Obamacare, it’s also his...