“It’s time to lower the cost of health coverage. it’s time to restore accountability to the system. and it’s time to make sure every American has access to quality, affordable health care. public option will spur new innovations that will help us get there. that’s why I will not back any insurance plan that does not carry with it this major, major issue of public option,” Burris said.
Regardless of whether or not he was appointed by scandal-tainted former Governor Rod Blagojevich and regardless of the fact that he’s not running for election to his seat from Illinois, Burris holds one of the 60 votes Democrats will need to pass a health reform bill.
It is becoming hard to imagine a bill that will garner the vote of all 60 Senators who caucus as Democrats. Burris won’t support a bill without a public option. Connecticut Independent Joe Lieberman link: won’t support a bill with a public option.
Apparently there is a giant all encompassing conspiracy to drive me stark raving mad. I’m not thrilled with an opt-out, but hey, if Mississippi wants to continue to have third world health care stats, who am I to stop them. However, getting a bill with a public option for those sane states is worthwhile.
I am thinking back to Clinton Health Care. was there this constant drum beat each and every day about the various proposals and options that might or might not be part of the bill?
Is it just the passage 16 years or the 24 hour media cycle that brings about this daily dose of up/down, in/out, yes/no reporting.
The real sad part is that we still need a bill out of the House and the Senate and then the real back-room dealing can begin.
The entire process makes me want to throw-up. But I can’t afford to be sick, since I don’t have health insurance!
Like Illinois’s political reform bill, the upcoming health reform bill will probably turn out to be a fraud on the public. As the bankers are writing the bank reform bill, the insurance execs are writing the health insurance reform bill. If they weren’t, the public option would definitely be there for us.
It is about time that change sweeps this nation’s health care. It has turned into a big business which has completely lost sight of its primary focus, care. There is so much policy and bureaucracy that there is little in the way of actual care. This could be why we were recently ranked as the 37th best country for health care by the World Health Organization. http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,200076/id,8/view,category/#catid107
We need a change and the one we are, hopefully, soon to get is already bringing about positive outcomes. There is a push to bring preventative care to our system. Groups like the American Cancer Society are pushing to bring smoking cessation treatment mandates to insurance. This is small step, but could have a loud impact.
A public option isn’t a bad a thing, especially not if it can already bring health groups on board in positive ways that are would be long term cost effective.
Come on public option!
Is it just the passage 16 years or the 24 hour media cycle that brings about this daily dose of up/down, in/out, yes/no reporting.
It is about time that change sweeps this nation’s health care. It has turned into a big business which has completely lost sight of its primary focus, care. There is so much policy and bureaucracy that there is little in the way of actual care. This could be why we were recently ranked as the 37th best country for health care by the World Health Organization.