I was pleased to see that Bill Clinton was down in the Senate today giving some Senators an earful on confidence.

Amazing time we're living in. All hands are on deck on this one.

But women were sacrificed to get the votes in the House. This is not ok. Women have reproductive organs that need healthcare too. Rich women have always been able to get what they need. To make a poor woman carry a dead fetus for months because insurance won't pay for abortions is not healthcare, is not fair, and is an insult to women. I remember when my insurance wouldn't pay for birth control pills. But it does pay for Viagra? Come on. I am glad to see reform moving forward but am angry at Obama and the Democrats who run over women's bodies to get it.

Yep, these guys are really great. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid have redefined victory to include defeat: reform health care by avoiding even the consideration of Medicare for All and enshrining legally forced payment to the profit-mad inscos that are the root of the problem.

With Democrats like these, who needs Republicans?

"I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems scary and weird. It'll happen to you."
—Abraham Simpson

(Does anyone know any Republican who wants to ditch that program?)

Marsha Blackburn was the only Tennessee Republican to have an opportunity to vote to abolish Medicare on it's 44th anniversary when Anthony Weiner introduced this dream amendment in the Energy and Commerce committee this summer. Please thank her for defending government run, government administered, single payer health care. 37043-6362

No exclusions, no rescission, caps on premiums v. payouts, two to one ratio for premium adjustments for age and conditions, a (weak but baby step) public option, an exchange that might someday lead to portable insurance, and more. These are Good Things,

Yes, these are Good Things! These are very important changes. I am actually building up some excitement in anticipation of these changes in health insurance.

I wanted Medicare for all, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how it would get passed. Anyone know what Obama could do to have an LBJ moment?

Did you know? There is a lifetime penalty (10% per year) imposed for not enrolling in [Medicare] Part B [Medical insurance] unless actively working.

Did you know? All Medicare Part B [Medical insurance] enrollees pay an insurance premium for this coverage; the standard Part B premium for 2009 is $96.40 per month.

Did you know? Medicare has deductibles and coinsurance (20%).

Did you know? To get the best coverage you have to purchase a Medicare supplement policy, sold and administered by private companies.

Rambling a bit here but I continue to be outraged at conservatives using a divisive hot button issue to stall health insurance reform. Why the pseudo moral grandstanding over Federal money for abortions when not providing health insurance reform kills 40,000 adults every year? Corporations choose to kill actual living people as a cost of doing business and that's fine with conservatives under the auspice of jobs and profits, but my god we must save the zygotes.

Another problem I have with the absurdity of the abortion issue is that Federal money does not just come from conservative idealogues. I myself actually pay tens of thousands in taxes. Why does a group of Campfields get to tell my government it can't spend some of the money I gave them on Women's health issues? I might be willing to make that deal if I can tell their government it can't spend any of their money on war.