9/28/09: TWD's Agenda For The Day: But We Already Knew The Bill Sucked

Just the latest evidence to the bill that everyone hates accepts the insurance lobby and buddy buddy liar Conrad.

When you read the amendments Senator Rockefeller offered to the Senate Finance Committee bill, you can see how many of these amendments are meant to address the various loopholes in the Senate Finance Committee bill. However, there's one giant loophole in the Baucus bill and it's a problematic loophole in which the regulations such as the ban on pre-existing conditions, rating rules, recission policies, and denials of claims won't apply to over 70 million Americans who work for large companies.

However, under legislation in the Senate Finance Committee, the new rules would not apply to people who work for large companies that self-insure, meaning the employer pays health care claims out of its revenue rather than relying on a private insurer, says Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.

"They can be cut off; there are no caps," says Rockefeller, the second-highest-ranking Democrat on the committee. "I'm determined to fix it."

How we are still giving time and attention to a bill that sucks instead of the other Senate bills with a public option just amazes me so much right now.

So much.