Posted on 11/08/2009 4:49:38 PM PST by mdittmar
THE FIRST thing US president Barack Obama did late on Saturday night following the passage of the healthcare Bill in the House of Representatives was to phone the heads of three industry lobby groups to thank them for their support.
Not included on the list was the largest insurance lobby group, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), which doggedly continues to oppose Democratic reform efforts.
Amid all the late-night celebrations after the razor-thin 220-215 vote for the Bill, Karen Ignagni, head of AHIP, warned that it would be a much tougher battle to push reform through the Senate in the weeks ahead.
“The current House legislation fails to bend the healthcare cost curve and breaks the promise that those who like their current coverage can keep it,” she said.
“The result will be increased costs and massive disruptions in the quality of coverage individuals and families rely on today.”
The final vote, which included a lone Republican in favour and 39 Democrats against, was achieved after a last-minute amendment that ruled out public funding for healthcare plans that offer coverage for abortion.
That concession – and Mr Obama’s personal appeal for Democratic unity in a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday – enabled a sufficiently large bunch of wavering conservative Democrats to put their support behind the $1.2 trillion (€806 billion) 10-year reform effort.
Of the 39 Democrats who voted against the Bill – just two short of the critical mass needed to defeat it – 31 were from districts that John McCain won in last November’s presidential election.
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Either way harry,your toast.
Could someone in CyberSpace PLEASE explain to me, HOW America could survive 233 years of history, WITHOUT this so called Health Care plan that was FORCED upon us that they say we can´t survive without it?. Is there ANY Congressmen that can look their electorate in the eye and said they actually HAVE READ FROM COVER TO COVER every word of this law that will affect generations to come. STUPID dumb people in Washington, WHO are they listening to, FOR SURE THEY AREN´T LISTENING TO THE FOLKS THAT ELECTED THEM!!!!! We´re doomed if the Senate gives the Nod....We need Japan and Germany to come and invade liberating us from our HITLER and the SS guard.
Reid is just putting it off to early 2010 so he can work out a compromise bill. The closer it is to November 2010, the worse it is for him. Less time for damage control.
Does anyone else find it odd that the first thing Dear Leader does after the bill was passed was to call lobbying groups?
Isn’t he the one who talked about how “evil” the lobbyists were? This guy is the biggest hypocrite to EVER take office. What a poser.
We want him to think he is not toast but make sure he is.
Doctors are going to need to get ut their check books to support consevatives in 2010. I hope Coburn and the GOP will bottle this up with an endless fillibuster.
For 233 years - Americans made sure they never elected an Islamic usurper who is not eligble to hold offic The masses only care about what ball game is on TV.
TV is the only real power the liberal newsmedia has and it will lead us to serfdom. Also Fox has a larger and larger portion of Islamic ownership so they are no savior.
I hope it faces defeat.
to read later
the headline is a lie
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