RE: Kucinich Prediction

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Pope, Karen O. (POPEKJ@uwec.edu)
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:34:06 -0500



From: "Pope, Karen O." <POPEKJ@uwec.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:34:06 -0500
Subject: RE: Kucinich Prediction
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What follows next, then, according to this logic, will be that homeless peo ple will be required to purchase homes. . . .

But is anyone, are WE, angry enough to do *anything* about it? At FightingBob Fest last Saturday, one speaker noted that if the federal go v't simply canceled the dodgy no bid military security contracts in Iraq a nd Afghanistan we could fund a large portion of health care for many. . .

Thanks for sharing.

Karen

________________________________________ From: sfpj-request@listserve.uwec.edu [sfpj-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Drumm, Dan L. [DRUMM@uwec.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:46 AM To: sfpj@listserve.uwec.edu Subject: Kucinich Prediction

Spot on.
(Kucinich is probably right… Again)

-- Dan

The Kucinich Prediction: Here's what's going to happen ...

 1. House will make a big deal about keeping/putting a public option in HR 3200 because it competes with insurance companies and will keep insurance r ates low.
 2. The White House will refer to the President's speech last week where h e spoke favorably of the public option.
 3. The Senate will kill the competitive public option in favor of non-com petitive "co-ops". Senate leaders like Kent Conrad have said the votes to p ass a public option were never there in the Senate.
 4. The bill will come to a House-Senate Conference Committee without the public option.
 5. House Democrats will be told to support the conference report on the l egislation to support the President.
 6. The bill will pass, not with a "public option" but with a private mand ate requiring 30 million uninsured to buy private health insurance (if one doesn't already have it). If you are broke, you may get a subsidy. If you a re not broke, you will get a fine if you do not purchase insurance. This legislative sausage will be celebrated as a new breakthrough and will be packaged as health insurance reform. However, the bill may require a Sur geon General's warning label: Your Money or Your Life!

The bill that Congress passes may pale in comparison to the bill that milli ons of Americans will get every month/year for having or not having private
 health insurance.



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