Health Care Reform - DOA?

[Joanne98]

During the past couple of months, I've seen Q&A with Sen. Baucus, Grassley, and Hoyer (on C-SPAN) - and it is clear that not only is single payer DOA but so is a Public Plan Option. Obama himself appears lukewarm in his support (with each new statement by Obama on health care, it appears that his minimum requirements become broader and less meaningful) - but then I don't think there is anything Obama is truly willing to fight for.

It looks as if we'll get the worst of all possible worlds: a mandate to buy insurance based on a poverty level that bears no resemblance to reality with cut-rate policies that probably won't be worth the premiums anyways.

What I find especially frustrating is that Democrats continue to echo Republican insistence that individuals must be responsible for their own health care (lose weight, exercise, etc.) but never say a word about how Insurance company administrative costs (8-14% not including what individual doctors must do to fill out dozens of forms for diff. companies) and profits (all those high executive salaries) contribute to high health care costs.

Oh, Grassley is also dead set against comparative effectiveness; he doesn't want doctors to be reimbursed based on "govt" guidelines. Again, I've heard no Democrat point out to him that insurance companies spend millions (billions?) of dollars finding all kinds of reasons to deny coverage.

http://blowingintheether.blogspot.com/2009/05/health-care-reform-doa.html

[madrchsod]

1. check health care reform off the list of things not going to be done

the folks in iowa are paying for chuckle nuts good insurance...i bet he`s not paying a deductible and 20% out of pocket.

[Chisox08]

2. We are not going to get the Health Care that America needs until

every insurance company owned congress critter is voted out of office or they are forced to give up their government paid health care and buy insurance in the "free market" just like everybody else.