DRichards,

Have you read the poll? I'm curious -- are Americans turning against the conservative LIES about healthcare reform or against Obama's actual proposals?

For example:
Q: Do you support your taxes being raised for healthcare
vs.
Q: Do you support a tiny roll-back of the Bush tax breaks for the uber-rich so that children and the working poor can see a doctor?

According to a new WSJ/NBC poll, "support for President Barack Obama's health-care effort has declined over the past five weeks, particularly among those who already have insurance." Among those with private insurance, the proportion calling the plan a bad idea rose to 47 percent from 37 percent.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124890178435291341.html

My guess is that Obama' Healthcare should be pretty much dead after the August break.

It reality CA’s Governator used this year’s “budget crisis” to squeeze through all the bull-crap from his flurry of defeated Propositions. This was about circumventing unions and destroying environmental protections while not taxing the ‘Yacht-Club’ members . . .

@pugla46:

There is a serious error in The Hill article. The Hill refers to Max Baucus as (D-MT) and it should more properly be Senator Max Baucus (D-Health Insurance Industry).

A friend of mine is a school bus driver and was diagnosed with breast cancer about 2 years ago. Her health insurance is through her job and covered her cancer treatment.

She took all the time off that she could through FMLA and then was told if she took anymore time off she would lose her job. If she lost her job she would lose her insurance and would never be able to get new insurance to cover the balance of her treatments or anything else for that matter.

She went back to work as a SCHOOL BUS DRIVER while still on chemo and radiation. Some days she was UNABLE to even feel her feet (as a driver).

I understand why she did what she did but she put our children in danger because she was scared of losing her health care.

This is just one reason why something MUST be done.

Maybe Baucus will listen now:

Dems warn Baucus with gavel threat
"Some senators suggest privately that Baucus might be more open to persuasion if his chairmanship is subject to regular votes."

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dems-warn-baucus-with-gavel-threat-2...

Dear Friend,

If you’re like most Americans, there’s nothing more important to you about health care than peace of mind.

Given the status quo, that’s understandable. The current system often denies insurance due to pre-existing conditions, charges steep out-of-pocket fees – and sometimes isn’t there at all if you become seriously ill.

It’s time to fix our unsustainable insurance system and create a new foundation for health care security. That means guaranteeing your health care security and stability with eight basic consumer protections:

No discrimination for pre-existing conditions
No exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays
No cost-sharing for preventive care
No dropping of coverage if you become seriously ill
No gender discrimination
No annual or lifetime caps on coverage
Extended coverage for young adults
Guaranteed insurance renewal so long as premiums are paid
Learn more about these consumer protections at Whitehouse.gov.

Over the next month there is going to be an avalanche of misinformation and scare tactics from those seeking to perpetuate the status quo. But we know the cost of doing nothing is too high. Health care costs will double over the next decade, millions more will become uninsured, and state and local governments will go bankrupt.

It’s time to act and reform health insurance, drive down costs and guarantee the health care security and stability of every American family. You can help by putting these core principles of reform in the hands of your friends, your family, and the rest of your social network.

Thank you,
Barack Obama

I have a little story to tell. After a few weeks of ominous rumblings, my back just erupted into a full-blown ache. It took me twenty minutes of excruciatingly painful twisting and wriggling just to sit up, and another twenty-five minutes to put a shirt on, an effort left me nearly in tears. Hot water only offered fleeting relief, and I knew that the health insurer that my company was using would laugh at me if I asked if they covered chiropractor costs. However, I had heard that “Pain was no match for the Icy-Hot patch” so I decided to take a trip to down to the Kent, WA, K-Mart to find a cheap fix. Unfortunately it wasn’t open yet, and my only other option to affect my immediate needs was the Safeway grocery store across the street.

As soon as I walked into the store, the word “security” was to be heard loudly over the public address system. Apparently, a “Mexican” lurching in the posture of the Hunchback of Notre Dame could only have thievery on his mind. I found my way to the drug aisle, found a three dollar and odd change tube of Icy-Hot, and then straightway to the check-out counter. Apparently my movements were too rapid for the security guy. He was to be seen rushing here and there looking for me; he was easy enough to spot; he was the guy with the tough look, and was clearly not a shopper, but was not obviously an employee either, since he did not wear the store uniform or a name tag. When he found me, he circled around the checkout counter I was standing in, staring at me with that “I know you stole something” look; I called-out “There’s the security guy,” to which he responded with surly surprise that he had been exposed. His “undercover” job apparently was as a check-out clerk, and no doubt to “fool” someone he opened the next counter (even though the store was virtually empty with only a few people at the two counters already open). He barely noticed the one person who went to his counter, repeatedly looking over her shoulder to give me a look over.

There is a point to this story, I think. Ignorance, stereotyping and prejudice is still strong in this country. For some racism may seem less obviously practiced, but for others it has only increased, although the practitioners of racism point to the constant stream of negative stories coming out of the “”mainstream” media in regard to the group currently the target of paranoia xenophobia as a justification for their prejudices. Still, it cannot be but observed that a blanket prejudicial characterization of all people of a certain group cannot be regarded as anything but racism. That the people in that store saw only a potential thief and not a person in terrible pain shows that many people’s minds operate in a dark, inhuman place.

To see Legislation passed and co-signed goto THOMAS . . .

http://www.thomas.gov/

mstaggerlee,

Oops! I should have sent my last post to you...

The definition of 'private sector' should definitely be narrowed to exclude government contractors.

Also, government contractors should be referred to as 'taxpayer supported entities' or such.

The meme wars continue.

P.S.

Fair taxes, just like FAIR trade!