Paul Hodes: 'Health Care Reform Is A Jobs Bill'

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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_01/022066.php

'HEALTH CARE REFORM IS A JOBS BILL'.... This week, it's been frustratingly common to see congressional Democrats who believe they can't win a policy argument on health care reform -- despite being right on the merits.

It was encouraging, then, to see Rep. Paul Hodes (D), running for the Senate in New Hampshire, emphasize a point that's gone largely overlooked -- health care reform is critical to job growth.

"I've been very, very straightforward with the folks in New Hampshire about the importance of substantial health care reform. We've got to have lower costs, quality and putting the folks of New Hampshire and this country back in control of their health care, instead of the health insurance companies," Hodes said.

"And health care reform is a jobs bill, and that's what I've been telling the folks all over the state that I've been talking to, and they get it here. Small business is big business in New Hampshire and small businesses in New Hampshire are getting pummeled by double-digit premium costs going up every year. They can't afford it. They know we need health care reform, and I'm finding a lot of fertile ground because people get that health care reform is a jobs bill, especially for small business."

More of this, please.

—Steve Benen

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1. But the bill won't lower costs and it doesn't give us choices

What health care bill is he talking about? Certainly not the senate bill.

[Little Star]

2. Exactly. Confusion is now the name of the game.

[dkf]

3. Ugh we've learned too much because of all this debate

Now we can detect bs in our own party. It totally sucks.

[Little Star]

4. Well, we can look at it this way.

Seems we are ahead of the Republicans. It took them almost a complete two terms of GWB before they detoxed off the kool-aid.