Hillary On Health Care: It Won't Be Everything We Want, But I Am Optimistic

George's Bottom Line:

"Will it be everything any one person would want? No, of course not. That's not the nature of the compromise required in a legislative setting. But I am -- I'm quite optimistic."

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Comments

[liberalcynic]

... cleave the general ear with horrid speech,
Make mad the guilty, and appall the free,
Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed
The very faculties of eyes and ears.

Shakespheare too knew the nature of politics, and this is one action which will always work in the realm of political discourse, but world the Democrats even bother to use it rather than waterdown their policy options.

[2Bfair]

Oh please, please Hillary, don't weigh in on health care.. You will alienate too many people and prevent any compromise.... oops deja vu?

But isn't that what the Clintons want? If Obama succeeds, their failures in the early 1990s look even worse. For the sake of healthcare reform, Hillary should take another tour and stick to the meet and greet assignments where she can do no harm.

[wreckdiver]

Someone has to weigh in to fill the vacuum that Obama's left. Unless, of course, ....

.... you actually LIKE the backroom deals with the pharma/insurance companies. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/internal-memo-confirms-bi_n_258285.html

"Oops"!

[Victor Malmstrom]

hillary hasn't aged well.

[max hp]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A PUBLIC OPTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.......................................................... WHEN DOES THE GREED STOP ...........................................................

Let our Congressional leaders clearly understand that lack of a condition-free Public Option in any successful Health Care Reform legislation will have negative consequences in the upcoming election.

Health Care Reform is MEANINGLESS without a strong condition-free PUBLIC OPTION, with clear unrestricted path to SINGLE PAYER.

A Public Option must be administered by the Federal Government.
A Public Option must be available to anyone who wants it, starting Jan 1, 2010.
A Public Option must be available to anyone, irrespective of Pre-Existing Conditions
A Public Option must be available to anyone at affordable rates.
A Public Option must be available to anyone whether employed or not.
A Public Option must be available to anyone whether his/her employer offers it or not.
A Public Option must NOT have any conditions placed on it by any private or for-profit entities.
A Public Option must NOT restrict anyone from opting in or out of it.
A Public Option must NOT be restricted from evolving into Single Payer.

A Public Option, and ultimately Single Payer, must be fully financed from federal taxes.

A Public Option must be made mandatory for ALL government employees, including Congress.

It's time the US provided basic health care to ALL it's citizens, without exception.

Don't bother to pass anything that does not have A CLEAR CONDITION-FREE PUBLIC OPTION.

~~~~~~IT'S WHAT WE WANT ~~~~ IT'S WHAT WE NEED ~~~~ IT'S WHAT WE CAN AFFORD~~~~~
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[AverageJill]

I agree with you, except for your start date of 2010. It will take a lot longer than 3 months to set it up.

I also feel the date of 2013 in the original bill is way too long. Probably the best and most realistic time would be January 1, 2011.

[max hp]

It's all about "incentivizing".

Notice this sentence:

"A Public Option must be made mandatory for ALL government employees, including Congress."

When your rear end is on the line, even the IMPOSSIBLE becomes VERY POSSIBLE.

[all4hill]

I love Hillary.

[BHO4prez2012]

Hillary so far you have EARNED my vote for President in 2016.

[NeoconGal]

You must be easily pleased.

[2Bfair]

Why wait for 2016? Won't Hillary be too old then? She should resign now, set up her campaign shop, get Bill to "loan" her 50 million from his selling of influence in the international business world, re-assemble her back-biting "dream team", and challenge Obama outright instead of through surrogates and in whsipers. Then when she fails, she can retire.

[wreckdiver]

In your dreams ..... or "fairytales", shall we say.

The way Obama's going, he'll be lucky to even get the party nomination in 2012.

So much for your great "unifier".

Heh, heh, heh ...