Anyone listen to this GOP piece of work, she has govt HEALTH CARE, and by the way, the GOP doesn't know the meaning of bipartisanship.
Obama: GOP Would Rather Inflict "Damage On My Administration" Than Reform Health Care
Weekly Address: Health Insurance Reform, Small Business and Your Questions
This effort to gum up the works is inexcusable. Healthcare reform is the most critical thing Congress will do this session, the thing that will do the most to help the most Americans. Matt Yglesias
7/25/09 Weekly Republican Address: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Makes you sick to the stomach, to even listen to these Wankers, and their "bullshit"
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posted by Kangaroo Brisbane Australia at 2:44 PM
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Members of Congress do not have "government health care"...they enroll in the same private insurance plans that everyone else does. You really should check your facts before you spout off about things you have no idea about!
Congress's Own Health Plan As A Model For Medicaire Reform
As Congress begins work on a reconciliation bill to put into place legislation to flesh out the entitlement spending targets of the recent budget agreement, lawmakers are considering ways to reform Medicare. These reforms not only must achieve the short-term budget targets, but also must begin the task of achieving structural reforms that will bring about long-term savings through efficiency while modernizing and improving the program.
An increasing number of lawmakers, among them Senators John Breaux (D-LA), Connie Mack (R-FL), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), have shown an interest in reforming Medicare by introducing key features of the health care system that covers Members of Congress and over 9 million other federal employees and retirees. This program—the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)—has been attracting a great deal of attention recently, including a day of hearings before the Senate Finance Committee. Using the FEHBP as the foundation for Medicare reform would be compatible with the outline of reform now being prepared by the leadership in both houses of Congress.
This growing interest is hardly surprising. The FEHBP and Medicare both are large programs run by the federal government, but the similarity ends there. The FEHBP is not experiencing the severe financial problems faced by Medicare. It is run by a very small bureaucracy that, unlike Medicare's, does not try to set prices for doctors and hospitals. It offers choices of modern benefits and private plans to federal retirees (and active workers) that are unavailable in Medicare. It provides comprehensive information to enrollees. And it uses a completely different payment system that blends a formula with negotiations to achieve a remarkable level of cost control while constantly improving benefits and enjoying wide popularity.
http://www.heritage.org/research/healthcare/bg1123.cfm
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