Holy fucked up healthcare reform Batman!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Ya know, I love to plop a few Altoids into my coffee, then stir after a few minutes to let them dissolve. Damn, this tastes good.

[Strangelet]

[Strangelet]

holy fucked up healthcare reform indeed.

President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as part of health care reform. In its place, say multiple Democratic sources, Obama has indicated a preference for an alternative policy, favored by the insurance industry, which would see a public plan "triggered" into effect in the future by a failure of the industry to meet certain benchmarks.
The administration retreat runs counter to the letter and the spirit of Obama's presidential campaign. The man who ran on the "Audacity of Hope" has now taken a more conservative stand than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), leaving progressives with a mix of confusion and outrage.

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Does anybody know what the fuck is going on? More importantly, how many people think we'll eventually get something that's actually opposed to the interests of the health care industry and offers more than token consumer/patient benefits?

[Steven Beck]

There's a worrying amount of citing wikipedia and youtube as sources in this thread.

[the mongoose]

WASHINGTON — A stunning loss in Massachusetts has cost President Barack Obama and the Democrats the 60-vote Senate majority they’ve needed to push health care overhaul to the verge of enactment.
Now what? For Democrats, it’s miles of bad road in any direction.
Obama and party leaders anxiously worked through fallback options — none good — for salvaging the half-century quest to provide health insurance to all Americans.

Democrats don’t appear to have enough time to resolve differences between the House and Senate bills — and get cost and coverage estimates back from the Congressional Budget Office — before Republican Scott Brown is sworn in.
That leaves House Democrats with the unpalatable option of passing a Senate bill many disagree with.

[King of Snake]

FAIL

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Lamest centerfold. Ever.

[Sean]

The Democrat's big problem isn't that they lost the Massachusetts seat, it's that they have no balls. They still have an overwhelming majority in both the House and Senate - far more than Bush ever had when he was getting the Iraq war up and running - and they're somehow incapable of getting things like a decent health care bill through?

Grow a pair, Dems!

[Deckard]

The Dems' biggest weakness is they don't drive a BIG MANLY TRUCK.

[froopy seal]

Originally Posted by Deckard

The Dems' biggest weakness is they don't drive a BIG MANLY TRUCK.

Say what? Sorry, can't hear you over the sound my big, manly, shiploads-of-fuel-consuming American truck makes while running down those pathetic, weakish Health-o-crats.

"VROOM, VROOOOOOM!", sez Vroomfondel.