George McGovern and the Tea Party

Incrementa­l change means going in the correct direction.  Obama's legislatio­n doesn't.

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.  

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, the coming 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, 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 who were in front of the cameras in the media pushing this legislatio­n, like Paul Begala, Jonathan Alter and David Axelrod.  Alter and 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 as the economy worsens, more won't be able to 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.
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