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mslas4hillary


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The US Congress will not meet next month's deadline to pass sweeping healthcare reform as concerns about how to pay for the $1tn (£609m) plan continue to dog one of Barack Obama's leading commitments.

The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, said there will be no vote before Congress goes into recess in August as some senators complained that the speed of the reforms would produce flawed legislation.

Obama was sanguine, saying that he was not concerned so long as legislation on his plan for the government to provide health insurance was passed before the end of the year. "That's OK. I just want people to keep on working. Just keep on working," the president said.

But the delay is a blow because Democratic leaders had used the 7 August deadline to try to limit opposition within the party as various bills made their way through Congress.

Hmm so where's that healthcare, Obama? I guess you're not a man of your word!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/24/obama-healthcare-delay-congress 



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I'd rather he adopt Hillary's 2008 proposal of Healthcare reform than what's on the table which is a watered down version of Hillary's 1993 proposal.


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It has about as much chance of passing as the 1993 bill.  

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Hillarysmygirl16 wrote:

It has about as much chance of passing as the 1993 bill.  



 I know--does anyone really believe the health insurance lobbies will allow this?  ROFL!

United Health Group was one of hte biggest contributors to the Dem Convention in Denver.

The closest they will probably let them get is just handing over more contracts to HMOs like they do for the Medicaid plans in a lot of states now.  Therefore, the only people that will benefit from that are AGAIN - the big health insurance companies. 



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