{"id":13719,"date":"2009-08-17T18:46:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T23:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=13719"},"modified":"2009-08-17T18:46:35","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T23:46:35","slug":"left-puts-foot-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=13719","title":{"rendered":"Left puts foot down"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Obama Administration let word out through Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that the “government option” isn’t “essential” to their healthcare plan<\/a>. Apparently, the rest of the left doesn’t agree. Congressman Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva, the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucas issued this statement;<\/p>\n

The public option is central to healthcare reform. Real reform, which lowers costs and ensures all Americans get the quality, affordable healthcare that they deserve, cannot be accomplished without a robust public option. As we have stated repeatedly for months now, a majority of the members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will oppose any healthcare reform legislation that does not include a robust public option. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They sound angry, don’t they? Pretty adamant about foisting a huge debt on taxpayers. Well, they’re not alone according to the Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“You really can’t do health reform” without allowing the government to compete with private insurers, said Howard Dean, a former Democratic Party chairman. “Let’s not say we’re doing health reform without a public option,” he added in a slap at the administration’s latest move.<\/p>\n

His remarks were echoed by lawmakers as well as AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, who said the option was the only way to force “real competition” on the insurance industry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hill<\/a> writes that Congressional Democrats are warning that what they think is an attempted Senate compromise will cost Obama votes in the House. <\/p>\n

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) asserted that rumored compromises on a Senate bill to win centrist votes would torpedo healthcare reform’s prospects with liberal members of the House.<\/p>\n

“If the president thinks he’s cutting a deal to get Senate votes, he’s probably losing House votes,” Weiner warned during an interview on CNBC this morning.<\/p>\n

The liberal New York Democrat said that healthcare reform would be essentially meaningless without having a public option made available for consumers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Me? I’m just buying popcorn. Democrats aren’t in the business of finding solutions, they only want issues. They did the same thing in 1993 and now we can sit back and watch them do it again. <\/p>\n

By the way, it’s the townhall protests that are doing this to them – so don’t stop that stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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