[Peace-discuss] Fw: Obama FAIL

[Jenifer Cartwright]

--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Jane Hamsher <firedoglakeaction at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Jane Hamsher <firedoglakeaction at gmail.com>
Subject: Obama FAIL
To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 11:16 AM















Sign our petition to President Obama: You alone have the power to save the public option.
"Make good on your campaign promises and don't let corrupt Members of Congress and the private insurance industry get in the way of the needs of millions of Americans."
"If health care reform continues with a compromised public option, we'll know you failed to do everything in your power to ensure affordable access and coverage for those who need it most."  
Click here to sign our petition. 
Dear Jenifer,
The Senate is cutting a deal to kill the public option by giving the President the "trigger" that his Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has been fighting for since he took office.
Shoveling trillions of dollars into "too big to fail" insurance companies is not the change I voted for. The failure to establish a public option to control medical costs and increase competition is President Obama's failure alone.
Sign our petition to President Obama: the triggered public option is your failure, and it's up to you to fix it. Click here to sign:
http://action.firedoglake.com/obamafail
When Barack Obama announced his health care plan in 2007, he said insurance premiums for a family of 4 would be cut by $2500. This plan will see premiums increase $1000 each year.
Obama said "coverage without cost containment will only shift our burdens, not relieve them." This plan does nothing to meaningfully contain spiraling health care costs.
Obama said "it's time to let the drug and insurance industries know that while they'll get a seat at the table, they don't get to buy every chair." This plan includes a deal between the White House and PhRMA that guarantees there will be no negotiation for Medicare prescription drug prices.
Obama said he'd go after the drug companies who "sell the same exact drugs here in America for double the price of what they charge in Europe and Canada." But the White House deal not only doesn't do that, it bans the reimportation of cheaper drugs from Canada.
What does this deal do? It forces Americans to buy the products of large corporations, then the IRS penalizes them if they refuse.
The Senate's triggered public option is a failure of Barack Obama.  Let him know.  Click here to sign our petition:
 
http://action.firedoglake.com/obamafail  

President Obama is the only one who can save the public option and make these statements more than mere campaign promises. The fight isn't over, and we need to let him know that a failed public option will be his fault. 
Thanks for all you do.
Best,
Jane Hamsher
Firedoglake 



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