Democrats to Ram Through Health Care Takeover

Here's your must-read of the day:  How Free Health Care Got So Expensive.

 

The Democrats are considering another way of getting their health care takeover passed:  they will split the bill into two parts and try to pass the worst parts through the budget reconciliation process, which avoids the possibility of a filibuster.  The White House is also going to start using more emotion to sell the plan, so expect more sob stories.  I guess they've given up on the co-ops, which are another method to get to the same place.

 

Health insurance companies are worried that the Democrats' probe into their finances is revenge for opposing the government option.  Of course, it's hard to feel sorry for them considering that 73% of their campaign contributions went to Democrats last year.  The Democrats' attempts to demonize the insurance companies by talking about their obscene profits are ultimately meaningless.

 

If we pass government-run health care, where will Canadians go to get their health care?

 

MSNBC is now engaging in a campaign of misinformation in an attempt to smear opponents to the Democrats' health care takeover.

 

The Heritage Foundation says that the health care reform bills do not require verifying the citizenship status of beneficiaries.  President Obama also says that a "basic standard of decency" allows for illegals to be treated, just as they are now.

 

A leading Blue Dog Democrat acknowledges what we already knew to be true:  that covering the uninsured is not the top priority of these health care reform efforts.

 

The drop in world temperatures has given more momentum to the idea that global warming is not actually happening.  It doesn't help the breathers any that the leader of Greenpeace admits that they exaggerate the amount of melting in the Arctic.

 

Even the New York Times acknowledges that government jobs have grown during the recession.

 

Now there are people clamoring for a government option for burials too.  Those evil profiteering cemeteries are preventing people from having enough choice.

 

Government Motors is going to reimburse its dealers for the money that the federal government owes them for the cash-for-clunkers program.  Ah, competence.

 

Jim Marshall had his town hall meeting in Forsyth, and an overflow crowd showed up to hear him say that he opposes the current bills being considered, and apparently did not answer all of the questions.

 

Sanford Bishop also had a town hall in Fort Valley last night, and 13WMAZ focused on the sob story, while the Macon Telegraph focused on the fact that Sanford Bishop wants "fiscally responsible" reform.  What exactly does "fiscally responsible" reform mean?