The HCR bill just passed is similar to a Republican proposal from 93 --

[JohnWxy]

As you hear the Corporate Lobbyist party screaming about socialist Health Care note that the bill just passed is quite similar to the Republican HCR proposal from 1993 (File this under: "Things M$M will never tell you"):


Chart: Comparing Health Reform Bills: Democrats and Republicans 2009, Republicans 1993





thanks to Progressoid who posted this here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7929878#7930363

[xultar]

1. They got what they wanted.

[JohnWxy]

7. so what are they screaming about. The HCR bill is similar to what they proposed in '93?

politics of destruction.

[HughMoran]

2. Yep, that's where we're at right now

whatchagonnado?

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Irony hardly begins to describe this...If it had been passed, it would have

supposedly covered 95% op Americans by 2005.

[stray cat]

4. Progressives refused it then while waiting for something better for over a decade?

[depakid]

5. Laughable, isn't it?

Republicans win even by losing!

[bugfragged]

6. Actually, the Republican who proposed it was surprisingly sane.

Sen. John Chafee. He was actually liberal on a lot of issues despite his party.

[nightrain]

8. knr. Thanks for tracking this down. As many of us have commented, this

current bill is devoid of Democratic principles.

No great cause for celebration. I checked cost for one uninsured slightly less than Medicare-age person with a middle income, and the cost for just the premium was S5300 to $7100! Totally unaffordable. Add the deductible and copays, and it's way out of reach. Oh yeah, no subsidy.

Must be nice to be a millionaire or billionaire Congressperson who doesn't have to be concerned with such details!

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Heard a commentator mention this on NPR this morning ...

"This is a moderate Republican bill", or something very, very close to that, and drew the comparison with Chaffee's bill.