With his overall approval tanking, the White House is quietly working on drafting new healthcare legislation. According to CNN:
Multiple sources close to the process told CNN Friday that while the plan is uncertain, they are preparing for the possibility they could deliver their own legislation to Capitol Hill sometime after the President Barack Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, with one source calling the possibility of new legislation a “contingency” approach if efforts by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus to craft a deal fall through. The sources spoke to CNN shortly before Baucus said that he may lay out a health care plan as soon as Saturday.
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As previously reported, the so-called trigger option remains very much on the table.
Under a ‘trigger option’, a new government-run health care plan would only go into effect if insurance companies fail to meet certain affordability standards with their own plans.
President Obama has made it very clear that a healthcare plan is very important to him, and has said many times in the past that he strongly supports a “single payer system”.
Whatever legislation comes out of the White House, we can be sure of one thing. The President’s previously stated goals will be reflected in it. Whether there is a “trigger option” or a “public option”, we know President Obama wants a single payer Universal Health Care system. We need only to look to England’s NHS system to know how devastating that will be.
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Hell No - anything that Obama would write would just be an Obamanation....
izoneguy (Diary) Friday, September 4th at 6:50PM EST (link)I mean really – Obama needs to focus on the economy & national security.
Writing legislation was never his strong suit….
Sounds like it would be better if he just retired now….
We need a LEADER not a CHEATER in the White House….
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
We don't have any idea what it would be like, if he actually wrote it
larueladue (Diary) Saturday, September 5th at 12:12AM EST (link)as we don’t have any samples of what he has written previously… It has either been supressed or he cannot write his way out of a wet paper bag… I tend to lean to the latter….
And I don’t believe he submitted any legislation he wrote during his short, undistinguished legislative career… So it is not like he can fall back on one of his strengths…
Obama won't be writing it
Karina (Diary) Saturday, September 5th at 5:53AM EST (link)It will be the Tides Foundation/Apollo Alliance/SEIU who does. He’ll just be the messenger boy and won’t feel the need to read it.
The bill would just be a repackaging of the trash...
penguin2 (Diary) Friday, September 4th at 7:24PM EST (link)already in the 1000+pages. How stupid do they think we are? The leftists are desperate to take over the country and control the people. Too much is at stake for any significant changes to be made, no matter who’s name is on it.
People must remain vigilant and not be lulled into the falsehoods the Obama administration will put out.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. – Benjamin Franklin
When Good stands up to Evil, Evil blinks. – Vassar Bushmills
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I agree...
discerningconservative (Diary) Friday, September 4th at 7:43PM EST (link)I think his end goal here is to write similar legislation, and not have it shown to the public until after a vote is taken. The administration has seen that the public is against the “reform” that is already been proposed, and hopes for a second chance at sneaking it through. While I am sure that Obama will not be writing it himself, I am sure that it will remain a gateway to a single payer system. He has made it VERY clear that is what he wants.
Obama is like a stubborn JackAss
izoneguy (Diary) Friday, September 4th at 9:20PM EST (link)The desperation is just getting embrassing now.
The protests and tea parties are going to get larger & larger….
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Wouldn't it be unconstitutional for him to write a bill?
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, September 5th at 12:23AM EST (link)I thought that was the domain of the legislative branch.
Oh… wait… forgot about the takeover of 2 auto companies and several banks.
Nevermind.
Proof Positive the Public Option Will Lead to Single Payer
izoneguy (Diary) Saturday, September 5th at 1:20AM EST (link)The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Blatant Hypocrisy: Democrats Silent on Obama Medicare Cuts
izoneguy (Diary) Saturday, September 5th at 1:21AM EST (link)The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Classmate izoneguy, you're not listening carefully to Professors XObama and XReid.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, September 5th at 2:44AM EST (link)Here’s the content of the cheat sheet issued by the Professors:
hypocrite <<<< Hippocratic – Just make an Oath; don’t mind if it’s true.
Medicare cuts <<<<< No plug for grandma “at all” – nothing to pull off.
See? Teacher Obama is a really the Greatest Compassionate Educator in the 21sthuggish Century USSA. Cheat “sh*ts” everywhere.
Cheers!
The Public Plan Deception - It's Not About Choice
izoneguy (Diary) Saturday, September 5th at 1:23AM EST (link)The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
If Obama writes his own bill, he better not say he's "not familiar" with it.
SoFiMil (Diary) Saturday, September 5th at 11:30AM EST (link)Obama regularly punts on health care questions, and likes to speak in vague generalities, both embracing and complaining about the fact that “there are five bills out there.” I say, bring it on! Write your own bill.
Recently, Obama hosted a conference call with leftist bloggers urging them to pressure Congress to pass his health plan as soon as possible. During the call, a blogger from Maine said he kept running into an Investors Business Daily article that claimed Section 102 of the House health legislation would outlaw private insurance. He asked: “Is this true? Will people be able to keep their insurance and will insurers be able to write new policies even though H.R. 3200 is passed?” President Obama replied: “You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about.”
IBD Article: http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=482329
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/21/morning-bell-obama-admits-hes-not-familiar-with-house-bill/
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