[PAA-Discuss] Obama criticizes insurers but still afraid to saysingle payer

[Lee Loe]

Melinda, Single Payer is the least expensive, most effective (covers
EVERYONE FROM BIRTH) way to go. If it is set up as an extension of MediCare,
it will be able to impliment right away. Don't see any difficulty in "what
to do with health care." Reid will have a feather in his cap if it passes,
too. Lee L 

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From: discuss-bounces at paa-tx.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at paa-tx.org] On
Behalf Of Melinda Iley-Dohn
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:10 PM
To: Bill Crosier; PAA Discussion List
Subject: Re: [PAA-Discuss] Obama criticizes insurers but still afraid to
saysingle payer

It's difficult to know what to do with health care. One of the most
interesting aspects of Ted Kennedy's book "True Compass" was his
recollections of the two different approaches to this issue by Carter and
Clinton with identical failures.

Carter ran on health care reform but backed away from it to concentrate on
the heavy inflation at the time.
Kennedy was FURIOUS and this had a lot to do with the bad relations between
them.He was highly supportive of the public option but ran away from it for
political reasons (if Senator Kennedy's version is correct). Clinton walked
in with firestorms raining down on him and he ignored them choosing to had
it over to his wife. His personal involvement proved to be a real losing
proposition. 

It's hard to know which approach would work but I wold love to think that
this recent enthusiasm of the Senate to just push it through could be great.
I hope that this succeeds with or without Obama's pushing it. I am more
afraid of Harry Reid to chicken out. He is really facing competition and
running scared. I hope he doesn't drop the ball again.

 
  


Melinda Iley-Dohn

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a  little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin Historical Review of Pennsylvania 1759



----- Original Message ----
From: Bill Crosier <paa at crosierbiomed.com>
To: PAA Discussion List <discuss at paa-tx.org>
Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 12:28:08 AM
Subject: [PAA-Discuss] Obama criticizes insurers but still afraid to say
single payer

In his weekly address Saturday, Obama points out how unfair the big
insurance company rate hikes are.  I was hoping he'd declare war on them,
but he doesn't, and he's still afraid to mention single payer. But he thnks
or hopes that the bipartisan summit next week might produce some results.

Read the transcript or watch the video of Obama's address at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/weekly-address-president-obama-sa
ys-it-time-move-forward-health-care-reform

I've been really disappointed in Obama's lack of leadership on health care
reform.  Here's hoping that he's heard that message and may actually twist
some arms that need twisting this week.
I'm skeptical, though.

Bill

-- Bill Crosier
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