Obama’s Health Reform Proposal: Too Late, Too Partisan

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“I have had the feeling that the Reps simply war against this in order to drive Obama's failure”
Mark I think the evidence simple show you are wrong.
1. Obama promised CSPAN coverage and that did not happen.
2. Obama said both sides would be involved and that did not happen.
3. Where was the transparency ?
4. Then Republicans were insulted being called NO PARTY because Democrats, who had the votes, failed to pass health bill.
Well Republicans was left out of process and that’s not way to get their votes.
Democrats are not taking responsibility for the failure.
We have to wait until Thursday to see how things goes. If past experience is repeated, well, don’t expect Republicans to jump on board.
Reconciliation they may try. I doubt House will pass Senate bill. That is first step before the lesser votes needed to pass goes into effect.

Bill Hedges of MO 7:57PM February 23, 2010

Obama was elected, largely, on the promise of real health care reform - a promise he has failed to keep: his proposal is nearly as bad as the Senate version of the 'reform' bill. At a bare minimum, any reform bill must include a real public option, available to all Americans, and with meaningful price controls. With out a legitimate public option, there will be no reform - just government mandated private 'insurance' at (ever-increasing) extortionate rates.
What we need is a single-payer system - Universal Medicare. Not that I expect any real change: the government is a corporate proxy, and the welfare of the American people is clearly not one of their concerns.

AC of CA 7:30PM February 23, 2010

I understand that Obama and company are going to have boundaries that they are going to try and fit proposals into, so in the spirit of brainstorming and out-of-the-box thinking, I don't see anything wrong with sitting on the sidelines looking to either party to make proposals while you are crafting your own. Obama is being chastised incessently by conservatives for "ramming healthcare down our throats" (I heard it for 2 hours yesterday on conservative talk shows) yet he as given both sides the FIRST opportunities to come forward with ideas and innovative solutions. I say he is driving both sides for results. If the Dems cannot put something together that is a change with some potential positives, then shame on them. However, I have had the feeling that the Reps simply war against this in order to drive Obama's failure. I think the Congress--DEMS and REPS alike--needs to wake up and get some rasonable change working that we can evaluate and work...otherwise we simply have the poor healthcare system status quo that is part of the US economy's current struggles. What I am wondering, is whether they are trying to fix the whole enchilada rather than the smaller, but more significant priorities of the healthcare system. I think we need to start small on this and work up the ladder. Right now, I feel everyone but the White House is driving change. That leaves us all stuck in the mud.

Mark of DE 7:21PM February 23, 2010