I caught a little of Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd on the Senate floor and his speech on the current health care bill. President FDR said Americans deserve four freedoms - speech, religion, from want and from fear. Dodd said he was proud to carry on the legacy of FDR and said this bill will free Americans from having to fear about paying for health care. No longer will bankruptcy come with medical care.
There is plenty of fear right now with the current government control in health care. Medicare borrows a large portion of their money now from the general fund, Indian Health Services always runs out of money before their fiscal year renews, and the VA is always before congressional committees to explain their problems.
If it was truly people without health care, the federal government could just buy insurance policies for all that need the help. This is about control and a congress that wants more.
"One thing that won't emerge in the end is a government takeover of health care. The government-run insurance plan some liberals were hoping would be a step to Medicare-for-all lacks support in the Senate. If negotiators put it back, moderate Democrats in the Senate say they'll oppose the final bill. And Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., needs every one of his party's 60 votes." [Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, "Pain Before Gain in Health Care Reform," AP via Yahoo News, 2009.12.23]
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