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Lieberman Won't Vote for Health Bill

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Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)12/14/2009 10:04:59 am PST

re: #58 Aceofwhat?

I’m sorry, I don’t understand the struggle.

The bill is heavily, heavily slated in favor of the health insurance companies at the moment, and the proper question of, “What good, exactly, do private health insurance companies provide to the market?” has been sidelined and treated as a fringe, crazy question— despite the fact that no one can answer it.

This bill is a great thing for the insurance companies. All they really had to do is jack up their prices before it passes— which they’ve just done— and make sure that the more damaging provisions to them, like the public option, are stripped out. They appear to be successful in doing so.