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Kathleen Sebelius offers us next to nothing, but at least it's something, right? by: MinistryOfTruth Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 07:37:20 PDT         | More

(11:00AM EST - promoted by Nightprowlkitty) Crossposted at Daily Kos ACTION: Contact HHS and The White House to let them know that if there is a No Robust Public Option, there is NO REFORM! Contact Information provided below. Al Hunt: "You've said, all right, you are willing to compromise on your notion of a public plan, you are willing to compromise on the employer mandate, you are willing to compromise on taxing benefits. What's non-negotiable?" Sec HHS Kathleen Sebelius:     " Uh, the, the bill at the end of the day has to have a comprehensive approach that lowers cost. That's just non-negotiable. The status quo is unacceptable. . . " From thinkprogress.org AH:     "Most congressional watchers say any chance of any really bi-partisan bill is dead. No Republicans in the House seem to be signed up, in the Senate your talking about a hand full of Republicans, maybe four or five. Isn't really any notion of a bi-partisan health care bill pretty much off the table?" KS:     "Well, I certainly hope not, and I hope, that, um, the Senate Republicans who have been working hard on this issue are genuinely interested in participating in the solution." AH:     "How many Senate Republican votes do you think you can get?" KS:     "You know, I don't know. Um, I, I would love to see them all." AH:     "But how many realistically? Can you get to double digits? You know how to count." KS:     "I, I know how to count. I think it depends on, you know, what, what we have, but I think there are 5-10 who may well be there for the final vote. I am encouraged by the number of people who say we need to do something. The status quo doesn't work, and I think people know that. In the early nineties, again, not doing anything won at the end of the day. People thought that was an acceptable place to land. I don't think anybody thinks not doing anything is acceptable for our current situation."     While Democrats in Congress and the President's cabinet carry water for the Republicans, real Americans are dying. They are dying from disease that can be prevented. They are dying from lack of emergency care. They are dying because it is more profitable to let them die than it is to cover their insurance. It is that simple.    And as the Democrats do all the heavy lifting for the Republicans in putting up road blocks to a Robust Public Option, the Republicans return the favor by attacking the Democratic President, the Democratic Congress and the entire Democratic agenda.     Is that how bi-partisanship is supposed to work?

MinistryOfTruth :: Kathleen Sebelius offers us next to nothing, but at least it's something, right?

Never mind this     In her attack of the status quo, HHS Sec Kathleen Sebelius uses the closest thing at hand, which turns out to be the status quo.     Like many other Democrats, Kathleen Sebelius has yet to understand how bi-partisanship is supposed to work, so I have taken the liberty of making an easy to use graph that helps Democrats determine which Republican Senator to turn to in any effort at Bi-Partisanship for the next two years. * switched to Mercenary/DINO on April 28, 2009 ^ dirty, sinful adulterer ^^ dirty, dirty sinful adulterer, who went boom boom in his diaper, again Republican Senator Lilly Ledbetter Act American Recovery and Renewal Act Sincerly intends to vote on a good health care reform bill that stops MURDER By Spreadsheet Publicly denies Rush Limbaugh as a GOP Party Leader New Ideas for Governing America Willing to work with Obama Administration and Democrats in Congress Alexander (R-TN) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Barrasso (R-WY) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Bennett (R-UT) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Bond (R-MO) Nay Nay No No Retirement I Hope Obama/America fails Brownback (R-KS) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Bunning (R-KY) Nay Nay No No Lawsuit I Hope Obama/America fails Burr (R-NC) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Chambliss (R-GA Nay Nay No No Tea Bag Protest for 8 yrs I Hope Obama/America fails Coburn (R-OK) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Cochran (R-MS) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Collins (R-ME) Yea Yea No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Corker (R-TN) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Cornyn (R-TX) Nay Nay No No Double down in 1020 I Hope Obama/America fails Crapo (R-ID) Nay Nay No No Crapola I Hope Obama/America fails DeMint (R-SC) Nay Nay No No Secede I Hope Obama/America fails Ensign^ (R-NV) Nay Nay No No National Marriage Counselling I Hope Obama/America fails Enzi (R-WY) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Graham (R-SC) Nay Nay No No Secede I Hope Obama/America fails Grassley (R-IA) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Gregg (R-NH) Nay Nay No No Retirement I Hope Obama/America fails Hatch (R-UT) Nay Nay No No Compose new album I Hope Obama/America fails Hutchison (R-TX) Yea Nay No No nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Inhofe (R-OK) Nay Nay No No Hoax watching I Hope Obama/America fails Johanns (R-NE) Nay Nay No No I didn't even know who this guy was, Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Kyl (R-AZ) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Lugar (R-IN) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Martinez (R-FL) Nay Nay No No Retirement I Hope Obama/America fails McCain (R-AZ) Nay Nay No No 2012, baby! I Hope Obama/America fails McConnell (R-KY) Nay Nay No No Obstruct I Hope Obama/America fails Murkowski (R-AK) Yea Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Risch (R-ID) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Roberts (R-KS) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Sessions (R-AL) Nay Nay No No Secede I Hope Obama/America fails Shelby (R-AL) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Snowe (R-ME) Yea Yea No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Specter* (R-PA) Yea Yea Says So, for now No kiss serious ass, pray harder Undecided Thune (R-SD) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Vitter^^ (R-LA) Nay Nay No No National Day Care program I Hope Obama/America fails Voinovich (R-OH) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails Wicker (R-MS) Nay Nay No No Nothing I Hope Obama/America fails    America's health Care system, much like David Vitter, needs a serious change in a bad way, but just wiping it's ass and then putting back on the same diaper will not do it.     To pretend that anything is just as good as something is foolishly misleading at best. A robust public option that provides coverage to all Americans is the only true path to meaningful health care reform. Ending the Murder By Spreadsheet system is the only real reform. Sure, I can shit in a box and call it reform, I have the spare time, but for our nations sake we should do this right. Slapping some new paint on a house that is falling down will not solve the problem, it will only aggravate it.    Please, contact the Department of HHS and let them know that the only REAL path to Health Care Reform lies in a Robust Public Option. Department of Health And Human Services E-Mail Address healthreform.gov Phone Numbers Telephone: 202-619-0257 Toll Free: 1-877-696-6775     Please contact the Obama Administration in the White House and tell them that any bill that lacks a Robust Public Option is NOT a Reform bill and must be Vetoed. Contact the White House CALL the White House at: 202-456-1111 E-Mail the White House Using this link www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/      Unlike Kathleen Sebelius, most Americans will settle for nothing less than a Robust Public Option. All the triggers and co-ops and bells and whistles will not trick us into anything less. What Secretary Sebelius fails to understand is that a plan that does not stop Murder By Spreadsheet and fails to provide a Robust Public Option IS DOING NOTHING. And, to use her own words against her.     " The status quo doesn't work, and I think people know that. In the early nineties, again, not doing anything won at the end of the day. People thought that was an acceptable place to land. I don't think anybody thinks not doing anything is acceptable for our current situation."      NO PUBLIC OPTION = NO REFORM      You can not offer us hot steam for dinner and tell us it is better than nothing.      Because what you are offering us is next to nothing. Do not expect us to be grateful for it, and please, do not tell us that at least it is something.      Cause that just isn't good enough.

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