From: "Wesenberg, Nancy Christine" <WESENBNC@uwec.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:10:05 -0500 Subject: RE: Kucinich Prediction Message-ID: <E3F0E607B3CF71418CE725F002B5F6047B7B75F17D@CHERRYPEPSI.uwec.edu>
Good story in Newsweek this week about how various other countries do it, t
he pros and cons of each system, and the way it reflects on the character o
f this country if we don't do it!
Nancy W.
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du] On Behalf Of Pope, Karen O.
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:34 AM
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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
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Behalf Of Drumm, Dan L. [DRUMM@uwec.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:46 AM
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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.