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Mister Grieves
05-13-2009, 04:40 PM
It never hurts to show our little man some love, especially when he's not totally misguided.


The Obama administration's plan announced yesterday to save trillions in healthcare costs is an "unconscionable rip-off of the American people," Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) argued Tuesday.

Kucinich slammed the administration's deal, brokered with insurers, labor, healthcare providers, and other parties to save $2 trillion over the next 10 years as another bailout for a major industry.

"This is an unconscionable rip-off of the American people. This is a bailout of the insurance industry," Kucinich, an advocate of a single-payer, government run system said Tuesday on National Public Radio.

"Just like we bailed out the banks, we're bailing out the insurance industries," he argued. "And so I emphatically disagree with the approach that the White House is taking. In the end, it's going to mean more taxpayer dollars going to the insurance industry."

Kucinich lamented that the "savings" touted by the administration are simply a diminished rate of profits for insurance corporations; he believes healthcare is a "basic right" that should be provided for free by the government.

"People should not exist for the healthcare companies, healthcare should exist for us," he said, urging the Obama administration to put a single-payer option on the table while pushing for healthcare reform.

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/05/12/kucinich-slams-obama-healthcare-savings-unconscionable-rip-off/

MRoCkEd
05-13-2009, 05:00 PM
he believes healthcare is a "basic right" that should be provided for free by the government.
orly? for free?

Mister Grieves
05-13-2009, 05:07 PM
Yeah, he still needs work, but sadly, he's one of the better ones we got right now.

akforme
05-13-2009, 06:13 PM
What Dennis doesn't get is he's rare. Big government by a bunch of Dennis's could be ran very well. But big government with only one who gets ignored makes it a sham. For some reason he ignores human nature.