In 2008, we didn't vote for Health Insurance ACCESS, we voted for Health Care COVERAGE

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We paid with BLOOD for this capitulation to the Health Insurance Industrial Complex.

2006 we voted a Democratic majority to Congress. "Impeachment is OFF THE TABLE."

2008 we voted a Democratic president and Congress to D.C.

2010 we hear Congress crowing about how they delivered ACCESS to Health Insurance.

In 2008, we didn't vote for Health Insurance Access, we voted for Health Care Coverage, for ALL Americans.

We gave them their gamble of Non Impeachment, we gave them their Majority, we gave them the White House, WE GAVE THEM A MANDATE.

They gave us ACCESS. To Health Insurance. Not to Health CARE, to Health INSURANCE. Which will cost us money. Where are the JOBS?

For those who had health insurance, AMERICANS ALREADY HAD ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO USE!!!!!!

Where are the JOBS? Where is the MONEY supposed to come from? Where is the MANDATE?

Where is the CHANGE THAT WE VOTED FOR?

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1. The Democrats think it's about them rather than about us.

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2. Who do they think votes them into office?

Corporations?

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14. Sadly, yes

[Political Heretic]

3. apparently meaningful health care access for all Americans is a skittle in the unicorn shit pile.

:(

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Marsha! Marsha! Marsha!

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6. .

[Skittles]

5. didn't you hear, Omega? The standards have been lowered so the "victory" looks better

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7. Ignorance is Strength

Have some more Victory Gin, Skittles! :toast:

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8. Freedom is Slavery

[LibDemAlways]

9. There are also a lot of folks right here on DU very

happy about this bill and the "access" they will eventually have after the private insurance exchanges are set up - four years from now.The devil is in the details! Ironically the R's are perpetuating the utterly ridiculous talking point that this is a "government takeover" of health care. The R politicians are giving Oscar worthy performances denouncing a basically Republican bill in an effort to fool the populace into installing a Repuke Congress and President. When that happens they'll gut anything in the bill that will do people some good while the mandate will stay. Unless the courts strike it down, it looks like the American people will be the permanent indentured servants of the insurance industry - no matter which party is in power.

You only thought you were voting for change. Classic bait and switch. Expect nothing less from politicians.

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10. A relative said it yesterday:

"What do you think it'd be like if the GOVERNMENT was in charge of health care."

You're right and they're having it both ways -- scaring people off actual reform that would be GOVERNMENT and fooling them that this IS a government takeover.

Expectations can't get lower. I remember when The Man From Hope promised health care in 1992. Wow, that's almost 20 years ago now.

[Skittles]

12. imagine if Obama had campaigned on this bill

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[LibDemAlways]

13. I could see McCain campaigning on something very similar to it - the

private insurance mandate certainly. But Obama? No way. He knew he couldn't win without the base. Now he's all too happy to throw us under the bus, and many of the longtime posters here have rationalized that it's ok, good even, to be tossed aside as road kill.

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16. they're not just rationalizing

they want to SPIKE IN THE END ZONE of the victory :rofl:

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15. Impeachment was Off The Table for THIS?!!

[LooseWilly]

17. It's a wonderful bill that will keep those who already had insurance from having their bills...

rise as fast as it would have risen, because it will mandate that those who have opted out, or been forced out, buy back in. More money from everyone means that the insurance companies won't have to raise rates on those who were already customers quite as fast in order to maintain their profit margins.

Yay... if you already had health insurance. Go screw yourself if you didn't, and maybe get another job so you can get you some private insurance.

It's win win. Those who didn't have insurance before are, of course, irrelevant to the win/lose calculations, because we're just parasites...

Ohh yeah-- :sarcasm: lest anyone think my happy tone was genuine...

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19. Personally, I'm getting

quite tired of my vote being taken for granted. We're expected to jump on 'the big win' bandwagon simply because 'our' party managed to squeak out a bill.

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11. K & R nt

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18. it's a start.

I never expected impeachment. it certainly wasn't promised. And I never expected single payer health care. I wish it was better, but it's a start.

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20. k/r - It was a scam all along

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