Posted on 08/20/2009 1:14:44 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi: No bill without public option
Foreshadowing a House-Senate showdown, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday there is "no way" the House can pass a health care bill without a government-run insurance option.
Speaking at a news conference in San Francisco, Pelosi told reporters that a public option will "keep insurance companies honest."
“There’s no way I can pass a bill in the House of Representatives without a public option,” the California Democrat said, according to wire reports. "Unless someone comes up with a better idea, that's how we're going forth in the House."
Pelosi reportedly added: "If someone can come up with a better idea, let them put it on the table, we haven't heard that yet. ... So we're fighting very hard for the public option."
Obama on Thursday told liberal activists and a conservative talk show host that he continues to support a public option, but said it was only a piece of a broader health reform package and continues to signal that it's not a make-or-break issue for him.
Meantime, the Senate seems likely to drop the controversial plan from any bill it proposes. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-S.D.), a key negotiator on the Finance Committee, has emphatically said there aren't enough votes in the Senate to approve a bill with a government-run option.
"It's very clear that there are not the votes in the United States Senate for a public option," Conrad said Thursday on Fox Business Network.
Who will win this game of chicken?
Well I’m OK with no bill.
you beat me to it...
That’s wonderful news, Nancy girl (which was Hitler’s favorite way of referring to queers). Then you and 0bummer will fail.
Please, let them kill it with a stake through it’s heart. There is nothing redeeming this this monstrosity of a bill.
This is BS. Co-ops supported by the government could have a similar effect. It depends on how much money they are willing to lose and how they are set up. If all they do is buy insurance from competing insurers, that’s one thing, but if they are authorized and capitalized to venture into insurance themselves, that’s quite different.
This is BS. Co-ops supported by the government could have a similar effect. It depends on how much money they are willing to lose and how they are set up. If all they do is buy insurance from competing insurers, that’s one thing, but if they are authorized and capitalized to venture into insurance themselves, that’s quite different.
No Bill works for me !
And after a while, you can work on points for style.
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake,
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile.
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to,
So that when they turn their backs on you,
You’ll get the chance to put the knife in...
“Dogs” Roger Waters, David Gilmour...
So the bi-partisan thing to do is to have NO BILL...
Really? The Nazi Brown shirts were gay.
Yes indeed. Nancy has the perfect solution.
They won’t listen to any option or ammendment offered, so why even mess with it? Let it die.
Besides, I think I know a Sub-Driver that could sink the whole thing.
What do you know?
I agree with her. NO BILL!
No bill is the way to go
Co-op are exactly what Hitler and Mousillini did....gives companies and citizens the false sense of “Capitalism” when in reality the government is pulling all the strings!
No bill is a great bill!
Co-ops supported by government??
Maybe you missed something. These “co-ops” would be run by a baord appointed by the President. They ARE the public option with a new name.
Financially supported by government, which means they can lose all they want. And yes, that's what makes them work as a public option under another name.
NO BILL sounds GOOD TO ME!!!
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