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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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