Daily Agitator
In the beginning there was Info Ink….back at the dawn of this “New Age” in politics there was Info Ink and he was posting on a very popular progressive site and he was told that , basically, if you did not have anything nice to say about Obama then he needed to go elsewhere…..he did…….he spent time posting that there were other choices for voters and the the promised change was pure BS and that if anyone believed the promise then they were delusional……he was attacked on all sides for not supporting a “true” progressive that had a chance to win the presidency……..
And now the head man of that progressive site is on the airwaves bitching about the non-existent changes and in the same breath defending some of the president’s actions….
Personally, I do NOT want to hear from these people….several of us bloggers warned the progressives about this….NO one listened…instead they just kept tooting the change horn……and more loudly with every criticism……Progressives? Can you hear us NOW? you asked for it–you flipping got it!
Just as an example….look at the newest Senate health reform version…..what part of it is progressive? Oh the existing condition thing….oh yeah…cannot be denied, but they can charge twice or three times to premium….that is a good shot…or maybe that 30 million more people will have health insurance…..that is a good one……and the insurance companies get 30 million more customers that are ordered to buy their insurance……and then there is the anti-trust exemption….another good call….
This is a expansion of insurance not reform……if it was so bad why did PhARMA and Insurance stocks reach a 52 week high on Friday….does not sound like they are too damn upset with the Senate bill……
This bill, as is, is a boom to the insurance industry, money coming in hand over fist….it so pro-insurance could have been a bill from the GOP…….too bad they did not think of it first and maybe then there could have been a bi-partisan deal since both parties are selling out to the industry…..then everyone could be happy except for the mass of people that are getting screwed………
Granted, I realize that this may not be the final cut, so to speak, but I would bet it is damn close……..
Just maybe you Progressives should have listened to the rantings of us bloggers and you would not feel so damn betrayed by this president…Just a thought…….
Good post and I couldn’t agree more. In another life (well the election seems to be that long ago), I said many of the same things.
In fact I have always thought America missed an enormous opportunity to make real practical change carried out by a tough cookie who would know what, when and how to do things and also what was achievable and what would have to wait for another day… Missed how? Hilary Clinton of course. She’s not perfect, but then you can’t be if you’re going to get anything done in politics.
However, the health bill…
It doesn’t matter all that much WHAT the bill is, or how they go about it, since there is only ONE condition that matters and that is NOT in there. The pre-existing clause is almost irrelevant EXCEPT UNDER ONE CONDITION – an individual is insured or not! No in between and with NO DISCLOSURE. If that makes everyone’s insurance a LITTLE more expensive then so be it…. that’s a separate argument and prices could be capped anyway.
If you have disclosure clauses in the policies then the insurance companies can ALWAYS find an excuse not to pay out and they WILL do that! The companies may bleat about losses etc., etc., but the fact is that people will ALWAYS pay for extra service if they can afford it and the insurers in the UK do very well indeed in spite of a nationwide totally free (except for taxes) health service.
None of that prevents the insurers writing special “extra cover” policies that pay for instant admission on demand and all the creature comforts whilst in hospital – like charges for hos/gigolos etc. – sorry, I guess that’s too near the truth to be funny, but you know what I mean 😈
Morning Quin……it was Daily Kos that became the super Obama supporter and did not like anyone that had anything bad to say….I said then that the belief in change was naive and a misplaced trust…..I caught so much flack….I liked it……myu point was back then that all change had come through backroom deals not from a popular vote….people just do not want the truth…sad, huh?
Sad but so very true…
Americans think because they vote for change that it will occur……just goes to show the mentality of the electorate…..if their IQ every matches their shoe size then they should sell and sell quickly, for it will not last……