» posted on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 13:10 by alpip
Obamacare Takes the Next Step
The Senate Finance Committee just voted to send the Obamacare bill to the floor of the Senate by a vote of 14 to 9. One Republican, Olympia Snowe of Maine, crossed the aisle and voted with the Democrats … no big surprise!
If it weren’t so serious I’d have to laugh at those who have breathed a sigh of relief, saying “at least they took out the ‘public option.’” The entire bill is a ‘public option’ … who are they trying to kid? The Dems in the Senate are going to do whatever it takes to see that this bill passes, even if they have to use the ‘budget reconciliation’ ploy I wrote about here.
The real danger is when (if???) the House passes its version of Obamacare. The House and Senate would then go into conference, i.e. ‘behind closed doors’ and go to work on the REAL bill, and no one but Obama gets to vote on that bill. That will be when our healthcare system as we’ve know it will begin to be destroyed.
If you expect you and your children to have any semblance of a say over your healthcare in the future, call your Senator and make sure they know the future of their political career will depend on their vote on Obamacare. Because if this thing gets to conference, it’s all over!
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