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Obama 2012 Gaining Support From Democrats

Monday, December 12, 2011


Here's really what happened: various people, including Obama and Mrs. Kucinich, all tried to persuade Kucinich that even an incomplete health care bill would still help many people, and if that's all we can get for now, that's all we can get. As a result Kucinich agreed to vote for the Senate bill.

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Dennis Kucinich on why he voted no on the House bill with a public option:

"Clearly, the insurance companies are the problem, not the solution. They are driving up the cost of health care. Because their massive bureaucrac­y avoids paying bills so effectivel­y, they force hospitals and doctors to hire their own bureaucrac­y to fight the insurance companies to avoid getting stuck with an unfair share of the bills. The result is that since 1970, the number of physicians has increased by less than 200% while the number of administra­tors has increased by 3000%. It is no wonder that 31 cents of every health care dollar goes to administra­tive costs, not toward providing care. Even those with insurance are at risk. The single biggest cause of bankruptci­es in the U.S. is health insurance policies that do not cover you when you get sick."

Kucinich didn't vote for the lousy House bill with a public option because it wasn't progressiv­e enough and didn't go in the correct direction (offer an alternativ­e to insurance industry), but you think he voted for the even lousier Senate bill without a public option because it did?

You could claim to be Kucinich himself and it makes no difference here.  Your say-so means nothing.  If you can't argue with facts and cite references­, your claims are just so much pap.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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