Day: October 29, 2009

Here It Is……The House Version!

You asked for it….now you got it!  The House version of the health reform bill has finally seen the light of day…it has just been announced….and now we can pick it apart…well, as soon as all the details are out……let the fun begin!

CNN has its report on the bill:

The bill — a combination of versions passed by three House committees — includes what is termed a “negotiated rate” public option. It will cost $894 billion over 10 years and extend insurance coverage to 36 million Americans, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.

The bill guarantees that 96 percent of Americans have coverage, Pelosi’s office said. The figure is based on an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Under the House plan, health care providers would be allowed to negotiate reimbursement rates with the federal government, according to Democratic leadership aides.

Pelosi’s office said the bill would cut the federal deficit by roughly $30 billion over the next decade. The measure is financed largely through a combination of a tax surcharge on wealthy Americans and spending constraints in Medicare and Medicaid.

Medicare expenditures would be cut by 1.3 percent annually, Pelosi’s office said.

Under the House plan, health care providers would be allowed to negotiate reimbursement rates with the federal government, according to Democratic leadership aides.

Any bill passed by the House of Representatives will eventually have to be merged with legislation passed by the Senate. Both chambers would then have to pass a revised measure before sending it to President Obama to be signed into law.

You may have only thought that the “robust” public option was still alive…….

Are you ready for the fun?  The GOP already hates it….go figure and as more details are released the more of an overall picture we will have of the proposal.

I will begin……”negotiated rate” public option?  What happen to there would be a “robust” public option?  Negotiated rate does not sound robust to me.

Sorry, progressives….so far you guys are getting bumpkus of the stuff you wanted….the GOP ought to be thrilled….why?….they have succeeded in killing the possibility of ALL Americans getting adequate health care….that is a win….so far the Dems are losing…but as the pundits say…if Obama gets a bill to sign, then that would be a win….

And that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard……

More to follow…………….

A Thug On The Payroll

Daily Agitator

I read an article in the NY Times and then I heard a news bite on the tube about the story.

President Karzai’s younger half brother, long accused of links to the drugs trade, was embroiled in fresh controversy today after The New York Times reported that he had been on the CIA’s payroll for the last eight years.

Ahmad Wali Karzai had been paid by the agency for services including arranging contacts with the Taleban and helping to recruit an Afghan paramilitary force in the southern city of Kandahar where he lives, the newspaper said.

He was also paid for allowing the CIA, US special forces and the local militia, called the Kandahar Strike Force, to use a large compound outside the city — the former home of Mullah Omar, the Taleban’s founder — it said.

There seems to be a bit of a quandry in the news……I heard some of the pundits concerned that CIA may have a thug like this guy on their payroll……(thinking)……I ask who do you think would be on the CIA payroll?  Nun?  Or perhaps a priest or two?

Are you people stupid or just doing a few downers?…..Of course CIA has thugs like this a/hole on the payroll….how do you think they get things done in the shadowy world of espionage?  CIA has ALWAYS had thugs on its payroll; if you want someone whacked you do not call on a preacher to do it for you…please people pay attention….you cannot be as naive as these pundits seem to be…..

Now thanks to the NY Times, this guy will be looking over his shoulder for the next thug to step up and do his job….and there is a possibility that that guy will also be on the CIA payroll.  This guy’s brother, the pres of Afghanistan, might want to try and remember history a bit…..the pres of South Vietnam, Diem, was whacked by CIA thugs…they did not like his way of handling things in the country…..keep an eye on history…..my only suggestion for Karzai…..