[Peace-discuss] Dennis Kucinich's take on health care bill

[John W.]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>wrote:

Brother Dennis is a bit more pragmatic than one might think from the
> rhetorical flourish of this note. He is a signatory to the bloc of 60
> House Democrats who have pledged to vote no in the House on any health
> reform bill that does not include a robust public option. If the bloc
> of 60 hold together, the public option is not dead.


Why is that, Bob?  Aren't there over 400 representatives in the House?



> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Ricky Baldwin<baldwinricky at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>

> > Of course as usual Dennis is right about what the health care proposal
> ought
> > to be and what it isn't.  What isn't clear to me what he means we should
> do
> > about it, besides contributing to his campaign - which is of course
> > worthwhile.
> >
> > Ricky
> >
> > "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." - Maggie Kuhn
> >
> > --- On Tue, 8/18/09, Dennis Kucinich <reply at kucinich.us> wrote:
> >
> > From: Dennis Kucinich <reply at kucinich.us>
> > Subject: Health Care Wanted: Dead or Alive
> > To: baldwinricky at yahoo.com
> > Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 5:03 PM
> >
>
> > HEALTH CARE WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE
> >
> > The masquerade is over! The "public option" is ... dead.
> >
> > Health care reform is now a private option: WHICH FOR PROFIT INSURANCE
> > COMPANY DO YOU WANT? You have to choose. And you have to pay. If you have
> a
> > low income, under HR3200 government will subsidize the private insurance
> > companies and you will still have to pay premiums, co-pays and
> deductibles.
> >
> > The Administration plan requires that everyone must have health
> insurance,
> > so it is delivering tens of millions of new "customers" to the insurance
> > companies. Health care? Not really. Insurance care! Absolutely. Cost
> > controls? No chance.
> >
> > You will next hear talk about "co-ops." The truth is that insurance
> company
> > campaign contributions have co-opted the public interest.
> >
> > I need your help to spread the word and rally the nation around true
> health
> > care reform which covers everyone and maintains fiscal integrity without
> > breaking our nation's bank! Your contribution will empower our efforts to
> > continue to fight for the single-payer, not-for-profit health care bill,
> > HR676 "Medicare for All," which I co-authored with Rep. John Conyers. The
> > bill now has 85 sponsors in the House.
> >
> > The hotly-debated HR3200, the so-called "health care reform" bill, is
> > nothing less than corporate welfare in the guise of social welfare and
> > reform. It is a convoluted mess. The real debate which we should be
> having
> > is not occurring.
> >
> > Removing the "public option" from a public bill paid for by public money
> is
> > not in the public interest. What is left is a "private option" paid for
> with
> > public money. Why should public money be spent on a private option which
> > does not guarantee 100% coverage nor have any cost controls? A true
> public
> > option would provide 30% savings immediately which would then cover the
> > 1/3rd of the population who presently have no health care.
> >
> > Unfortunately, under HR3200, the Government is choosing winners and
> losers
> > in the private sector; proposing to spend public funds on subsidizing
> > insurance companies who make money not providing health care. This
> process
> > will insure only the expansion of profits. Gone is the debate over cost.
> >
> > As a result of current negotiations, the Medicare Part D rip-off will
> > continue for another decade, further fleecing senior citizens. Drug
> > importation has been dropped, so no inexpensive drugs can be accessed
> from
> > other nations.
> >
> > Instead we are told the pharmaceutical companies will accept a 2% cut in
> the
> > growth rate of their profits - they call this cost control!
> >
> > If the matter were not so serious, it would be farcical: The executive
> > branch pretends that the proposed health care reforms are something they
> are
> > not. The legislation is being attacked for something it is not.
> > Congressional leadership and the White House defend the legislation,
> > pretending it actually is the very proposal that is being attacked. But
> it
> > is not.
> >
> > A commonsense government health care reform policy would insure that
> every
> > single American has full access to health care by expanding Medicare to
> > cover everyone under a Single Payer System. We are already paying for a
> > universal standard of care, it is just we are not getting it.
> >
> > I need your help to spread the word and rally the nation around true
> health
> > care reform which covers everyone and maintains fiscal integrity without
> > subsidizing insurance and pharmaceutical companies and breaking our
> nation's
> > bank!
> >
> > My voice in Congress will continue to challenge the special interests who
> do
> > not want "single-payer" to succeed. I need you to join me in combating
> the
> > special and corporate interests who spend millions to try to win this
> > Congressional seat. With your help WE will win again. With your help I
> will
> > continue to represent your concerns, be YOUR VOICE in the United States
> > Congress, and be the voice for health care for all Americans!
> >
> > Please contribute $25, $50, $100 in support of my campaign. Please
> > contribute now.
> >
> > With your help, we can accomplish ANYTHING in America. Persistence,
> > dedication, truth and courage will lead the way and win out in the end.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
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