rssCiting Pragmatism, Baucus Will Vote Against Public Option
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 2:56 pm
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Citing the unlikeliness that the public option could pass on the Senate floor, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) just announced that he’ll vote against an amendment to create a public plan. “I can count, and no one shows me how to get to 60 votes with a public option in the bill,” Baucus said.
The Montana Democrat said there’s little doubt that the public option would pressure private insurers to become more affordable, “but my first job is to get this bill across the finish line.”
Amendment sponsor Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), though, isn’t buying the argument. Rockefeller, who chairs the Finance Committee’s health subpanel, said Democrats shouldn’t support a bill just for the sake of passing something.
“I don’t like that philosophy,” he said.
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Pingback posted September 29, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
[...] waiting to see if Congress will do anything at all for our ailing health insurance system and the public option in process of being undermined by the big fat insurance industry and its Washington [...]
Comment posted September 29, 2009 @ 10:53 pm
Now it is out: Baucus votes with Republicans because he has cares about the millions he receives from the Healthcare Insurers. Lets vote him out of office, if he is Republican we dont want to put up with him
Comment posted September 29, 2009 @ 11:42 pm
Pragmatism- (n.): lots and lots of money with many strings attached.
Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
What has happened to obamas health care bill? The one he has never read or had anything to do with its writing,yet has wasted millions on pushing.
Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 9:59 pm
Here is proof of the public “option” being a trojan horse to create a single payer system. Joey Panto calls advocacy groups and uses one of his many alter egos to pose as supporters of their statist causes, and draws out their hidden agendas without much prompting. Here he gets a prominent universal healthcare advocacy group's director (I wish he would reveal her name and her organization) to admit that their hidden agenda is a single payer system, elimination of fee for service, and public health benefits for illegal aliens.
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Comment posted October 4, 2009 @ 5:03 pm
BUSTED! Government Healthcare Advocate Admits Public Option is Trojan Horse!
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