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we have a lot more work to do first.  

I think you got it there.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 at 04:24:32 PM EST
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Indeed.  Can't leave out the provisions Bernie Sanders has pushed through either.  These seem to be pretty huge things that haven't gotten much news coverage due to the fight over the public option.  Sanders is going to do a lot of good for a lot of people with all that, and he may well have laid the foundation for an eventual Canadian-style system.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 at 05:59:01 PM EST
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Reading that, its xcellent that they have managed to increase those things but one bit stands out

Sanders Strengthens Senate Health Bill - Newsroom: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

Sanders notes some other positive elements of the Senate bill.

"We can talk about the politics, and all of our disappointments," he says, "but at the end of the day you're gonna have 31 million more people who have health insurance--taking us up to some 94 percent [covered]. That's not an insignificant achievement and we shouldn't become too cynical about it."

Those people who can vote against providing healthcare for that last six percent are morally and ethicaly bankrupt. Throwing 18 million people under the bus is one of the most disgusting political actions possible.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 at 07:04:00 PM EST
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I couldn't agree more, of course, but remember that a large chunk of that 6% are undocumented immigrants.  In addition to the obvious political psychosis that accompanies that, it also presents obvious practical problems.  I believe that accounts for about 4 or 5 points of the 6.  The other 1-2% are people who'd refuse to buy the insurance (mostly young people, if I remember correctly).

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 05:34:13 PM EST
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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 at 07:35:20 PM EST
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Missed step 0: convince the US body politic that government is not necessarily bad.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 at 08:14:23 PM EST
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The body politic doesn't need convincing.  The Senate does.  The public option was the most popular provision with the public.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 09:20:50 AM EST
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My point was the work we have to do shifting the Zeitgeist out of its current neoliberal set.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 02:02:06 AM EST
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