"Being a woman will no longer be considered a pre-existing condition"

[DURHAM D]

Above is a quote from Nancy Pelosi after passage of the ACA. The Equal Rights Amendment would have resolved this decades ago and saved us all a lot of money but finally it is the law and it took a female leader to make it happen.

IMO Nancy deserves more credit than she is receiving on this day. One could make the case that she sacrificed her Speaker's position to muscle it through.

From her wikipedia entry:

Health Care Reform
Pelosi has been credited for spearheading President Obama's health care law when it seemed that it would go down in defeat. After Republican Scott Brown won Democratic Ted Kennedy's former seat in the January 2010 special election and thereby causing the Senate Democrats to lose their filibuster proof majority, Obama thought that he should do smaller initiatives that could pass easily. Pelosi, however, dismissed the president's fear and instead mocked his scaled-back ideas as "kiddie care." After convincing the president that this would be their only shot at health care, she rallied her Democratic caucus as she began an "unbelievable marathon" of a two month session to craft the health care bill, which successfully passed the House. In Obama's remarks before signing the bill into law, he specifically credited Pelosi as being "one of the best Speakers the House of Representatives has ever had."

Thank you Nancy.

[seabeyond]

1. unless you are a bartender refusing a preg woman a glass of wine. thanks. i didnt know. gonna

have to read up on all this. sounding exciting, especially right now for me.

[DURHAM D]

4. Women have always paid more for medical insurance.

We were "rated up" because of our lady parts.

It was the insurance companies that had the most to lose if the ERA passed and they funded the successful fight against it.

[redqueen]

5. Oh reeeeeeaallly?

Cause I coulda sworn I heard about some MRAs having a little pity party cause all us oh-so-privileged wimminz weren't paying nearly as much as we should be... considering, you know... lady parts and lifespans and all.

[libdem4life]

2. Thank you for that great information.

[ismnotwasm]

3. Good way of putting it.

Thanks for posting

[redqueen]

6. Excellent OP.

Thank you very much for posting this!