John McCain Urges Obama To Select Joe Lieberman As Next Defense Secretary

Are you not aware that the pre-existing conditions amendment alone is far more than Bush, Clinton, Bush Sr., Regan, Carter, Ford or any President has been able to do. Are you aware that the exchange system, child coverage and young adult on parents coverage are monumental. Those conditions have been trying to be passed since your grandmother was a child.
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My grandmothers were children in the middle of the 19th century. Before insurance plans existed.

Your hysterical sales pitch is only matched by your ignorance of the actual details of this legislation (or your intentional misrepresentation) that doesn't make it the 'deal' you claim it to be.

Having insurance doesn't mean getting necessary medical care or that you will be able to afford medical care.

Think about that for a minute, because I do understand how, after hours/days /months of spin by professional spinmeisters (politicians), you might not appreciate the distinction.

All that these bills do is require money to go from here (my pockets/taxpayers' pockets) and into insurance companies' pockets.

There is NO LIMITATION on insurance companies' charging and increasing co-pays and deductibles and eliminating services.

There is NO REQUIREMENT for insurance companies to have to provide services not paid for. That relates directly to your support of this legislation because of your pre-existing condition.

Having an insurance policy doesn't have anything to do with being able to get affordable , quality medical treatment. With this legislation, insurance companies can sell you an insurance policy with your pre-existing condition, but can exclude treatment for your pre-existing condition. Or they can charge you more for a policy to include treating your pre-existing condition. They can increase your co-pays, increase the deductibles. They can also deny to pay your claims for treatment of your preexisting condition entirely, in violation of the terms of the policy, and only have to pay $100 a day in fines. When we're talking about pricey treatment and pharmaceuticals, $100 a day gets them off cheap. And if you want to sue, if you're still aIive to get your day in court, tort reform will stop you in your tracks. Yes, Obama has put tort reform on the table.

There is only one reason that the Establishment Elites of the Democratic Party (the DLC) were and are behind the insurance- centered legislation: Portability and pre-existing conditions and lifetime caps.

Because the legislation does nothing to limit co-pays, costs and premium prices, we're talking about a very particular group of people (employed, rich, very comfortable elites) who benefit. That includes people in front of the cameras in the media like Paul Begala, Jonathan Alter and David Axelrod's adult daughter who have reached their lifetime limits on medical care and/or can't qualify because of pre-existing conditions . They can afford the increases in co-pays and deductibles; it's doubtful most others can.

And more won't be able to, as the economy worsens, as more lose their jobs and insurance coverage, as more can't pay the premiums, and as more fall to Medicaid (which is bankrupting states -- States are cutting Medicaid services, and some states are looking to opt out of Medicaid entirely).

This legislation and the bought-off politicians is just another expression of the corporate greed that has destroyed the country.