Comments on: Bingaman: Baucus bill ‘moves the process ahead’ http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/09/bingaman-baucus-bill-moves-the-process-ahead-significantly/ Get the real story Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: That One http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/09/bingaman-baucus-bill-moves-the-process-ahead-significantly/comment-page-1/#comment-8652 That One Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:56:17 +0000 http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/?p=6236#comment-8652 This bill will force individuals to purchase insurance from the insurance industry. Citizens will be penalized if they don't. Even if they can't afford to, this bill makes it mandatory. This bill does nothing to create more competition or to drive down premiums. It does nothing to force the insurance industry to provide more reliable coverage. The insurance industry is celebrating. Their stock values rose dramatically once details of what this pathetic bill really meant became known. How many insurance industry lobbyists were sitting at Senator Bingaman's side when this bill was written? He should be ashamed of himself. He has sold his soul to the money interests that have corrupted Washington and should be thrown out of office with the rest of bums he calls colleagues. Democrats and Republicans have no compassion anymore, much less a conscience. How can they, they can't even distinguished between right and wrong anymore. For them it's Alice in Wonderland where up is down and right is wrong. Nothing makes any sense anymore with these guys! So what if we're ranked 37th in the world for health care!? So what if even a third world country like Morocco is ahead of us?! At least we're still number 1 when it comes to stupidity! We're not known at the "idiot nation" for nothing! This bill will force individuals to purchase insurance from the insurance industry. Citizens will be penalized if they don’t. Even if they can’t afford to, this bill makes it mandatory. This bill does nothing to create more competition or to drive down premiums. It does nothing to force the insurance industry to provide more reliable coverage. The insurance industry is celebrating. Their stock values rose dramatically once details of what this pathetic bill really meant became known. How many insurance industry lobbyists were sitting at Senator Bingaman’s side when this bill was written? He should be ashamed of himself. He has sold his soul to the money interests that have corrupted Washington and should be thrown out of office with the rest of bums he calls colleagues. Democrats and Republicans have no compassion anymore, much less a conscience. How can they, they can’t even distinguished between right and wrong anymore. For them it’s Alice in Wonderland where up is down and right is wrong. Nothing makes any sense anymore with these guys!
So what if we’re ranked 37th in the world for health care!? So what if even a third world country like Morocco is ahead of us?! At least we’re still number 1 when it comes to stupidity! We’re not known at the “idiot nation” for nothing!

]]> By: Dr. J http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/09/bingaman-baucus-bill-moves-the-process-ahead-significantly/comment-page-1/#comment-8636 Dr. J Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:04:41 +0000 http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/?p=6236#comment-8636 GF Alexander, are you serious? Do you think Jeff could do anything that would endanger his re-election? He has the job for life, no one will challenge him with his money and influence the pork he has spread around NM gains him. He is totally entrenched and acts it too. Just one more reason for term limits on ALL elected offices. GF Alexander, are you serious? Do you think Jeff could do anything that would endanger his re-election? He has the job for life, no one will challenge him with his money and influence the pork he has spread around NM gains him. He is totally entrenched and acts it too. Just one more reason for term limits on ALL elected offices.

]]> By: GF Alexander http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/09/bingaman-baucus-bill-moves-the-process-ahead-significantly/comment-page-1/#comment-8635 GF Alexander Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:35:03 +0000 http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/?p=6236#comment-8635 Bingaman needs to hold fast to the public option if he intends to hold any credibility to those that voted for the Obama policy agenda. Failing that, he may find himself in dire straits when it comes to relection or campaign support. Bingaman needs to hold fast to the public option if he intends to hold any credibility to those that voted for the Obama policy agenda. Failing that, he may find himself in dire straits when it comes to relection or campaign support.

]]> By: QuestionAuthority http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/09/bingaman-baucus-bill-moves-the-process-ahead-significantly/comment-page-1/#comment-8634 QuestionAuthority Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:25:47 +0000 http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/?p=6236#comment-8634 The biggest problem is that none of the bills actually address the incentives which cause the undesired behavior. And the cost spent on the Baucus bill could otherwise be used to reduce the trillion dollar a year deficit the administration proposes to run. The biggest problem is that none of the bills actually
address the incentives which cause the undesired behavior.

And the cost spent on the Baucus bill could otherwise be
used to reduce the trillion dollar a year deficit the administration
proposes to run.

]]> By: Dr. J http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/09/bingaman-baucus-bill-moves-the-process-ahead-significantly/comment-page-1/#comment-8633 Dr. J Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:59:14 +0000 http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/?p=6236#comment-8633 Well certainly Jeff is right about Baucus' bill being a step forward. It is vastly improved over HR 3200 (based on his summary), but I still have not been able to get a download copy to read the language, I keep getting error messags from the Senate site. It actually does grandfather all exisiting private plans forever, not just for a short time, and it has enforcement guarantees on illegals and abortion language. I would think a public option would be more efficient (though much more expensive) than co-ops however. And having a national insurance exchange beyond states' borders is much better than HR 3200's restrictive language. It also costs about 1/2 of HR 3200. But the devil is in the details, I do hope they release the actaul bill text so the citizens can examine it for themselves, we can't trust our elected officials to do it. Well certainly Jeff is right about Baucus’ bill being a step forward. It is vastly improved over HR 3200 (based on his summary), but I still have not been able to get a download copy to read the language, I keep getting error messags from the Senate site. It actually does grandfather all exisiting private plans forever, not just for a short time, and it has enforcement guarantees on illegals and abortion language. I would think a public option would be more efficient (though much more expensive) than co-ops however. And having a national insurance exchange beyond states’ borders is much better than HR 3200′s restrictive language. It also costs about 1/2 of HR 3200. But the devil is in the details, I do hope they release the actaul bill text so the citizens can examine it for themselves, we can’t trust our elected officials to do it.

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