Democratic Senate strips health benefits for the unemployed from stimulus bill.

[TacticalPeek]

Health Benefits For Unemployed Stripped From Stimulus, HuffPost Readers Find

February 4, 2009 05:28 PM

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The sifters found some noteworthy nuggets in the bill. Combing through his section of the bill, law professor and health care author Timothy Jost noticed that the Senate had removed the House provision that would allow people 55 and over who are laid off to continue COBRA coverage at a subsidized rate until they're 65 and eligible for Medicare. The House version also made folks who were laid off temporarily eligible for Medicaid; the Senate version strips that out, Jost found. Every one percent increase in unemployment throws more than a million people into the ranks of the uninsured.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/04/health-benefits-for-unemp_n_164034.html

Stupid fucking assholes give themselves lifetime healthcare and another $4700 pay boost. Fuck em, Ds and all.

[AtomicKitten]

1. Should have framed it as a restorative/stimulus bill right out of the box.

Framing it purely as a stimulus bill, the wingnuts and Blue Dogs feel they have an argument. Feh.

[liberal N proud]

6. Should have never used the word "stimulus"

Jobs or recovery. Stimulus gives the republics the idea that they can continue with business as usual providing tax cuts to the wealthy and they have done their job.

Call it a jobs bill and then anything that does not drive jobs growth would be considered pork. Stimulus is too vague

[AtomicKitten]

7. "stimulus" also invoked the tired GOP panacea of tax cuts being the Rx n/t

[Thrill]

2. I don't believe this. Because I just heard Obama say yesterday this was going to be in there

It will be in the final bill

[biopowertoday]

9. well, he did not get the memo???

[Hello_Kitty]

3. As an unemployed person without health insurance I just want to say:

:argh:

[Autumn]

4. How sad is that

they just really don't give a shit. They have theirs and they are going to make sure the ones who need it get as little as possible. What a disgrace.

[Dragonfli]

5. How many Democrats are left in the Democratic party anyway? Have the DLC (R)s taken over?

[Better Believe It]

11. Three

[tsuki]

13. And one of them is Bernie Sanders. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

8. I'm shocked

Not ......

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

10. PUT THIS BACK IN!!!!! nt

[tsuki]

12. Let's not get upset. That being "non-partisan." Or in other terms,

that's fuck American worker.