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I just drove down to Puyallup and bought 3 cartons of American Spirit.
No pre-existing conditions...Yippee!
I'm especially interested to determine whether it stipulates guaranteed issue. More specifically, I'm hoping it will eventually put an end to the incomprehensible "health questionnaire" currently being foisted on anyone who seeks to obtain a policy in the individual market.
For those of you who aren't familiar with this admirable document, one example of its mind-bending absurdity is the fact that, according to its definition of "treatment," a doctor telling you that a condition has resolved on its own without requiring any treatment is itself considered a form of treatment, and that it must be indicated as such, else you will be likely denied coverage for having an "untreated" condition.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22."
And the rebirth of America, and all that is strong and good in us.
Without question, the campaign of fear was effective: health reform went from being highly popular to wide disapproval, although the numbers have been improving lately. But the question was, would it actually be enough to block reform?
And the answer is no. The Democrats have done it. The House has passed the Senate version of health reform, and an improved version will be achieved through reconciliation.
This is, of course, a political victory for President Obama, and a triumph for Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker. But it is also a victory for America’s soul. In the end, a vicious, unprincipled fear offensive failed to block reform. This time, fear struck out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/opinio…
http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/10/af…
So if you're even remotely suggesting (in seriousness, part of me believes you must be joking) that exorbitant monetary cost of treating cancer is the only deterrent from making unhealthy decisions, well, I strongly suggest you learn more about what it's like to actually have cancer.
Nonetheless, it's your body; do what you want.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/your-m…
But seriously, I think we need those crazy bigots around to keep us honest. I'm pretty positive that without something to fight against/compare themselves to, Dems would get just as power-hungry, corrupt, and self-righteous.
Take another look ---
THE NEW LAW SAYS YOUR NIECE WILL GET INSURANCE. PERIOD.
And her whole life will change with that in her future, whatever the long term outcome. And those who love her can relax a bit.
Send a thank you to Pelosi and Obama. We all owe them big time.
The Republican just dug their grave - there are ten very good things that happen in months. -- In time for Nov.
All their staged and PR orchestrated fear will seem strange in a few months.
That, and the fact that the CN tower is taller than the Space Needle.....
Like I said, fight mode, telling stories, working the field, outside the beltway, saying insurers are evil, my god this partisanship thing actually works, duh!
We have crossed the Rubison away from the "let's have responsible, bipartisan reform" (implicitly pro-GOP) nonsense.
Obama and the Democratic Party are now benefitting from tagging the conservadems and stupakians as "Democrats" who must teach their conservative yahoo voters they fucking need govt. or else fucking insurers will fucking eat them for lunch.
That's how you build your electoral strength...force your weak allies to be stronger allies.
Super props to SEIU and supporters of the lefty challenger to stupak, those who called baird, etc.
Let's us keep on Obama in fight mode, you know, just use majority power to pass more shit?
Immigration and finance reform can be huge wins for vote calculus.
In America, having a Democratic Party that stops asking permission to be a party, that stops being the codependent abuse victim who asks the abuser for permission to do things, well for our nation, that IS "change."
Now let's keep it that way.
The republicans kept calling this Obama's Waterloo. Well, I guess he was playing the part of Wellington.
The funny thing happened when I called my stupid senator Voinovich. His staffmember said that he had voted down the bill 'for religious reasons.' Can you believe it? She actually sounded proud of him.
I hate Ohio
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/spe…
You're welcome. Gets past all the hue and cry and tells you what you need to know.
In addition to that, I think that anyone who opts not to go with "the system" should have to be penalized, because free choice is vastly overrated. Personally, I think we ought to get about 15% of our income, while the rest is taxed for the good of everyone else.
In all seriousness, I don't fucking know. I don't see how anyone who was for the original bill could stomach what it is now, let alone actually support the fucking thing.
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