Health care reform finally moving ahead?

[Viridis]

Let's just declare fear-mongering in general a pre-existing condition, too. The "death panel" sort of talk.

Of course, this might just cause them to claim they were right all along

[Wigmund]

Originally Posted by shiney

I truly hope there is a Joe Lieberman exclusion whereby he is not covered by anything in the history of the world and the act of being Joe Lieberman is considered a pre-existing condition.

That's almost as bad as the affliction of being Rush Limbaugh (aka Beached Blowhard Syndrome). Of course neither of those conditions compare to being Glenn Beck - I've heard being Glenn Beck is terminal and only comes after the subject has been reduced to a blubbering fear-mongering twit.

[Aerozord]

today we had someone do a persuasive speech on why national healthcare is bad. When I explained to him how my grandpa refused to take an ambulance because he couldn't afford it (and to clearify that was the last place he ever went to, so it was a serious problem), I was told "thats an extreme case". I honestly dont see why, old man dying, is "extreme". I was under the impression senior citizens having medical emergencies was common

[Kim]

I probably would have responded, "Well, you're the one giving the speech... Do you have any facts or statistics to back up that statement, or is that the case because you say it is?"

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

today we had someone do a persuasive speech on why national healthcare is bad. When I explained to him how my grandpa refused to take an ambulance because he couldn't afford it (and to clearify that was the last place he ever went to, so it was a serious problem), I was told "thats an extreme case". I honestly dont see why, old man dying, is "extreme". I was under the impression senior citizens having medical emergencies was common

I would have probably countered by asking what he thought of mortality rates of the elderly. You know, because old people kind of have the habit of dying of old age.

[Magus]

I don't get why some Democrats supported an anti-abortion amendment. I was surprised it wasn't proposed by Republicans until I read this story (read: RNC insurance plan covers elective abortion), although I'd still like to see Republicans quit bitching about it as well, of course.

What's funny is they'll undoubtedly have a bill reversing the anti-abortion amendment in a few years. It's kind of like they want to introduce legislation that they know will continue to be fought over to guarantee themselves relevancy in their jobs or something.