Progressive Jane Hamsher: "Kill the Senate [Healthcare] Bill"

[MRoCkEd]

Interesting

The Senate's health care bill must be killed.

It is an ungodly mess of errors, loopholes, and massive giveaways. When the American people find out what's actually in this bill, they will revolt. Congress and President Obama have no choice but to do better for health care than this bill.

Sign the petition: the Senate health care bill must be killed.

How bad is the bill?

1. Forces you to pay up to 8% of your income to private insurance corporations -- whether you want to or not
2. If you refuse to buy the insurance, you'll have to pay penalties of up to 2% of your annual income to the IRS
3. After being forced to pay thousands in premiums for junk insurance, you can still be on the hook for up to $11,900 a year in out-of-pocket medical expenses.
4. Massive restriction on a woman's right to choose, designed to trigger a challenge to Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court
5. Paid for by taxes on the middle class insurance plan you have right now through your employer, causing them to cut back benefits and increase co-ays
6. Many of the taxes to pay for the bill start now, but most Americans won't see any benefits -- like an end to discrimination against those with preexisting conditions -- until 2014 when the program begins.
7. Allows insurance companies to charge people who are older 300% more than others
8. Grants monopolies to to drug companies that will keep generic versions of expensive biotech drugs from ever coming to market.
9. No reimportation of prescription drugs, which would save consumers $100 billion over 10 years
10. The cost of medical care will continue to rise, and insurance premiums for a family of 4 will rise an average of $1000 a year -- meaning in 10 years, you family's insurance premium will be $10,000 more annually than it is right now.


I could go on, but it should be clear: this is not reform. This is a con job.

Sign our petition: kill the Senate bill.

Make no mistake, we need health care reform. But the Senate's idea of reform is a disaster, and will make things far worse than they are today.

We must kill this fake reform.

Thanks for all you do.

Jane Hamsher
Firedoglake

P.S. Please, after you've signed, forward this email to your friends, family, coworkers - anyone you know. It's critical we act fast to kill the Senate bill, and we need everyone we can on board.

[bucfish]

yeah even the progressives are against it.

[Elwar]

The health care bill is a big pile of $#@!.

[BenIsForRon]

It's not that surprising to me. Liberals aren't getting anything they wanted out of this presidency, so they're getting pissed. Also, keep in mind liberals hate subsidizing corporations just as much as we do. The difference is that we dislike all subsidies, whereas they would like to subsidize things like single payer health insurance amongst other things.

That's why I'd love to the see the libertariaprogressoconstitution party in 2012, but both camps seem uninterested at this point.

[ItsTime]

linkage?

edit heres one: http://rawstory.com/2009/12/firedogl...e-health-bill/

[angelatc]

You racist Aryian Nazi loving right wing nut gun lovvers are missing the point. It isn't about us. It is about President Obama. If he doesn't win this he'll be embarassed, and we simply can't have that. So bend over.

[HOLLYWOOD]

Doesn't matter any Democrat who defects will just be bought off by $100's of Millions if not Billions in perks for his State.

Ir would be nice to be the deciding vote and you gold out for like zero cost health care for everyone in your state for the next millennium and even reimburse your constituemts with federal dollars and make a mockery of the entire system.

all it does is force 50 Million Americans to pay into another government slush fund under penalty of extortion and imprisonment.

Only 42% support Health Care reform and the Roman Empire will shove it down our throats because they need the big 3: Big Pharma, Corporate Hospitals, Insurance Conglomerates Donations for re-elections or eventual private sector employment.

[ItsTime]

You racist Aryian Nazi loving right wing nut gun lovvers are missing the point. It isn't about us. It is about President Obama. If he doesn't win this he'll be embarassed, and we simply can't have that. So bend over.

Look at that right wing kook. Short buzzed hair like a skin head punker. She was wearing a swastika during the interview. Ive seen this kind of hate speech in the 70s. Its frightening.

[ItsTime]

This is pretty funny. Ive posted this on other boards and people think it was a right winger who wrote it LOLOL.

[torchbearer]

This is pretty funny. Ive posted this on other boards and people think it was a right winger who wrote it LOLOL.

did you correct them?

[ItsTime]

did you correct them?

Yes I did. It was even in my thread title lol.