The Whole Delivery

Everyone hates it. Howard Dean : "The Baucus bill is the worst piece of healthcare legislation I've seen in 30 years," Dean said last night at a healthcare town hall and book signing in Washington. "In fact, it's a $60 billion giveaway to the health insurance industry every year," he said. "It was written by healthcare lobbyists, so that's not a surprise. It's an outrage." Jay Rockefeller “I’ll have many, many, many amendments,” he said. “There is no way I can vote for Sen. Baucus’ plan for many reasons.” Wendell Potter: No one likes this crap bill, and have blown it out the water. Everyone except the insurance companies and the stock market . But you know what I think (yeah, like you really care and all). Baucus' own bill even hates its own self!!!

Wished they would have said it earlier, but okay. Physicians’ Support of Options for Expanding Insurance Coverage and Medicare. Panel A shows the proportion of survey respondents who favored public options only, those who favored both public and private options, and those who favored private options only. Panel B shows the proportions of respondents (according to their medical specialty) who supported, opposed, or were undecided about the expansion of Medicare to include adults between the ages of 55 and 64 years. The proportion of support was consistent across all four specialty groups (P=0.08). Still funny though that private plan got more than public plan alone. But hey, at least ll physicians aren't letting selfishness get in the way.

Will you bypass them like you are doing Republicans supposedly ? Senate Finance Committee chariman Max Baucus (D-MT) told reporters today that he's moving forward on his health care proposal with or without Republicans. He said that the trigger concept hasn't really been discussed in his panel's negotiation, and that he's increasingly of the belief that a public option can not pass the Senate. "I will move forward anyway," Baucus said. "We have to move forward. I told Chuck Grassley that." Well, will you tell BlueShield and the rest of the health insurance CEO's the same about moving forward? The people need to know so they won't waste their time with your quotes.

I highly doubt she is watching this on this website, but since she is such a big power player now, I guess maybe she should watch this. Since she is the President and all now in the health care public option debate.

What a Blue Doggie Democrat he is Steny Hoyer, 8/21: I’m for a public option but I’m also for passing a bill. We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this, but we’ll have to see because there are many other important aspects of the bill as well. Somewhere tonight in DC, some lobbyist will give him a nice cold drink, if not a beer.

Will that mean the insurance lobbyists too Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance of the minority’s cooperation in approving any overhaul, and are increasingly focused on drawing support for a final plan from within their own ranks. Top Democrats said Tuesday that their go-it-alone view was being shaped by what they saw as Republicans’ purposely strident tone against health care legislation during this month’s Congressional recess, as well as remarks by leading Republicans that current proposals were flawed beyond repair. I doubt it, especially with this man involved Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, said the heated opposition was evidence that Republicans had made a political calculation to draw a line against any health care changes, the latest in a string of major administration proposals that Republicans have opposed. “The Republican leadership,” Mr. Emanuel said, “has made a strategic deci...

Unfiltered......but no swearing, lol.