Rep. McNerney To Switch Vote To 'No' On Health Care

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Source: TPM

Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA), who voted for the health care reform bill last year, says he will vote against the Senate bill if it comes to the House for a final vote.

McNerney told a group of constituents last month that he doesn't like the bill, according to the Morgan Hill Times.

McNerney criticized the current version of health care reform passed by the U.S. Senate for the deals it makes with certain states, its lack of a public option and the inadequate number of people it extends coverage to. He said he would not vote in favor of that version of the bill if it comes back to the House.

"We want to get our health care up to international standards, and we want to do it in a way that is American," McNerney added.

Read more: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/mcnerney-to-switch-vote-to-no-on-health-care.php?ref=fpa

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:applause: If only our pathetic progressives in the House could do the same. you know, the ones that vowed to oppose any bill that did not have a public option..

[Arkana]

1. Wooo! Go Rep. McNerney!

Way to kill health care reform for another 20-30 years! Woooooooo! Awesome!

[t0dd]

5. Health care reform is already dead

This is just to see if we'll strengthen the existing immoral system by mandating Americans purchase "coverage" from the insurance companies.

[pattmarty]

9. Yep.

[Bill219]

2. last month?

[EC]

3. His point is moot

those deals get stripped out in the reconsilliation amendments..

[global1]

4. What's He Talking About - "Inadequate Number Of People It Covers"?.....

30 million (Dem proposal) vs 3 million (Repug proposal) - that's inadequate?

[FBaggins]

6. Sez who? (Ignoring the fact that "his point" was far more than just the deals)

Once the House votes "yes" on the Senate-passed bill... that's the law. Will they trust the Senate to go back and "fix" it later? Should they?

[pattmarty]

10. Exactly right. I would trust very few of the Dems to "fix" anything...........

........in the Senate bill. Right now the Dems want this thinking it will keep them from losing seats in Nov. They're wrong. Once this is passed the (liberal) media and the Republicans will pick apart this POS without even making up shit or lying about it. All they have to do is state the facts. It's a POS, instead regulate the industry and pull their anti-trust provision. As prices rise and people die and go bankrupt, more and more people will finally demand REAL REFORM. This should have never have happened, over a year and still not a god damned thing is done. If you were an independent would you vote for a Dem for any office after this colossal fuckup?

[FrenchieCat]

7. I canvassed for him back in 2006, because I'm in a safe Democratic District myself,

and his district is only 15 minutes away.

I wrote him a letter about his "choice".....

Dear Rep. McNerney,
I do not live in your District, although I know quite a few people that do.
I canvassed for you door to door back when you ran initially. I had planned on doing the same again this time around, but due to your statement that you will not vote for the Health Care bill in Congress, I will decline to assist you in anyway, and in addition, I will encourage those I know not to vote for you in 2010. Thank you for your service, but you haven't done enough. My 7 year nephew cannot get insurance coverage because of Cancer that he had when he was 18 months old. George Bush did nothing for him then, and you are willing not to do anything for him now. You can rationalize all that you want, but in the end, the results in what you offer and what Bush offered in his 8 years are the same. Thank you for nothing.

Respectfully,

XXXXXXX


My nephew pic will be sent to this man in snail mail.
Yeah...that's me and the flag.

[pattmarty]

8. Good. This piece of shit bill DOES NOT deserve to pass....................

.......If it does in it's present pathetic form, the Dems will pay dearly.

[regnaD kciN]

11. Then we don't deserve to be anything other than a minority party...

...which will certainly be our fate for the next thirty years if we fail to pass health-care reform this year. :grr:

Of course, lots of Dems would prefer being able to bitch and moan about the Republicans in charge anyway...

[pattmarty]

14. I agree with your entire statement. There is only one HUGE..................

..............problem, this "bill" IS NOT reform. What it is, is a huge give away to insurance companies and once this (if passed) is part of our system will be next to impossible to fix or change. If you think the insurance companies, PHRMA, and for profit hospital corporations are powerful now, think about how much more power/wealth they will have with legislation that fucking institutionalizes a for profit system. There will NEVER be a "public plan" or Medicare for all. Matter of fact with the Bush "Medicare advantage" legislation this will pretty much be the death knell for Medicare too. But you believe what you want and hope for the best.

[Bill219]

12. Update to current month...

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/03/09/mcnerney-not-a-no-on-health-care/#

McNerney Not A No On Health Care

There’s a danger in going by random news accounts from local reporters when it comes to the health care vote to determine whether a member supports or opposes the bill. In putting together my whip count on health care I tried to corroborate these reports with direct contact with Congressional offices, particularly on those “undecided” votes who supported the bill previously. As I said before, with Jim Clyburn not even whipping yet it’s difficult to actually assess the state of these members’ positions.

I just got off the phone with Sarah Hersh, the communications director for Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA). He was quoted in the Morgan Hill Times as opposing the health care bill. However, Hersh told me that his statements were paraphrased and mischaracterized by the reporter.

McNerney certainly has concerns with the Senate proposal, in particular the backroom deals that favored some states over others, and the level of coverage (31 million, down from 36 million in the Senate bill). But McNerney wants to see some fixes, and will hold for language before making a full appraisal of how to vote. When told that the reconciliation fixes under consideration included an elimination of those backroom deals, Hersh said that such changes “would certainly go a long way” toward making the Congressman more comfortable voting for passage. She expected to see “a number of corrections made” in the press about where McNerney stands.

[WriteDown]

13. Good. Kill Romney-care 2.0 NOW! nt

[pundaint]

15. You represent my interests Rep McNerney, I wish my rep in MA-2 did too!

[berni_mccoy]

16. Key Word: MAY. Funny how you left that out.

Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA), who voted for the health care reform bill last year, says he may vote against the Senate bill over concerns about "backroom deals" with certain states and the number of people covered.

and

But McNerney's communications director tells TPMDC the congressman may be more open to voting yes than the Morgan Hill Times suggested.

Nice mis-representation of an article.

If he does, like Kucinich, he'll have the blood of millions on his hands.

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17. You might notice the (Updated) by the headline

They actually updated it after I posted it.

[4lbs]

18. Hooray! HCR was defeated in 1993 and it took 15 years to be seriously considered again.

That 1993 bill wasn't a public option and it definitely wasn't single payer. Guess what it contained? Insurance exchanges (via HMOs) and mandates! Just like now.

So....

Let's defeat any reform yet again and wait until... 2024!

Who's in?



(Is the sarcasm smiley really needed?)