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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris on August 13, 2009, 09:23:35 AM

Title: Reid: "Americans know that the enemy is the insurance industry"
Post by: Chris on August 13, 2009, 09:23:35 AM: Quote
Reid left no doubt he intends to get a health reform bill passed in the Senate, no matter what erupts at town hall meetings and whether any Republicans support the end result. "We can't let the insurance industry win another round. We're going to win this round," he said.

If the bill doesn't have a public insurance plan to compete with private ones, do the insurance companies win? I asked. "The public option is something that the vast majority of Americans want. They know that the enemy is the insurance industry," Reid said. But he added that the public option "is not the only thing that's important." It's also important, he said, to make sure insurance companies can't deny policies to people who have pre-existing conditions or drop people if they develop a problem.

The House, with a large Democratic majority, is expected to pass a bill with a public option in it. If the Senate version doesn't have one, I asked, does the public option have a shot when Senate and House negotiators meet to smooth out their differences in a conference committee?

"I'm not going to -- I have to get a bill off the floor," Reid said with a low chuckle. "So I'm not going to be threatening or suggesting anything that might come in conference. Get the picture?" I did.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/13/nineteen-minutes-in-a-car-with-harry-reid
Title: Re: Reid: "Americans know that the enemy is the insurance industry"
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 13, 2009, 10:24:13 AM: Funny, I was thinking Congress might be the enemy...
Title: Re: Reid: "Americans know that the enemy is the insurance industry"
Post by: Chris_ on August 13, 2009, 10:28:08 AM: Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on August 13, 2009, 10:24:13 AM
Funny, I was thinking Congress might be the enemy...

Dammit DAT. Beat me to it. :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Reid: "Americans know that the enemy is the insurance industry"
Post by: Chris_ on August 13, 2009, 10:29:58 AM: The thing that is going to teach them is when the next election comes around we vote for anyone but them
Title: Re: Reid: "Americans know that the enemy is the insurance industry"
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 13, 2009, 10:50:21 AM: Quote from: newbiered on August 13, 2009, 10:29:58 AM
The thing that is going to teach them is when the next election comes around we vote for anyone but them

If "None of the Above" was on the ballot, the sumbitch would have an ironclad grip on our gubmint.
Title: Re: Reid: "Americans know that the enemy is the insurance industry"
Post by: thundley4 on August 13, 2009, 11:08:37 AM: Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on August 13, 2009, 10:50:21 AM
If "None of the Above" was on the ballot, the sumbitch would have an ironclad grip on our gubmint.

Hm, Wonder if it would be legal to change your name to " None Ofthe Above", and run for office?
Title: Re: Reid: "Americans know that the enemy is the insurance industry"
Post by: addisondad on August 13, 2009, 11:56:52 AM: Quote from: thundley4 on August 13, 2009, 11:08:37 AM
Hm, Wonder if it would be legal to change your name to " None Ofthe Above", and run for office?

Reid would have a better chance at reelection as none of the above. I think he will lose the next time he runs in Nevada.