Dole: Health care reform coming late this year or next; "you lost" when Clinton-era reform failed

[Joe Bacon]

Source: Kansas City Star

Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole says "there will be a signing ceremony" for a health care reform bill either late this year or early next.

But the former presidential candidate says he isn't sure what the bill will say.

Dole, 86, spoke with reporters after an hour-long speech at a health care reform summit sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City.

He told the group that he and former Sens. Tom Daschle, Howard Baker, and George Mitchell will issue a statement later today urging Congress to enact health care reform as soon as possible.

Read more: http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/20187

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Just amazing. I feel like I'm seeing the Red Sea part!

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1. I say just let everyone officially 'enroll' in the military and get military healthcare benefits

stroke of a pen. done.

we'll all be 'on call' but granny won't have to serve unless things get really bad.

[harmonicon]

3. here's another idea:

healthcare is a basic human right, and any government which can afford to provide healthcare to its citizens and does not is quite simply evil. This is a basic human rights issue - nothing any more complicated than that.

[Historic NY]

2. Wow he is saying the GOP was the death party when it killed reform years ago.

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4. it seems a number of republicans sing a different tune once they retire and no longer take bribes...

i can't recall the last time a democrat stood up for anything left of center and then said it was a mistake after they had retired.

[Vidar]

5. Goo of an explanation as I can think of.

[No Elephants]

6. How do you know he is not still taking money?

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10. valid point

[hatrack]

13. "The poster boy for senescent hanky-panky" - re. Bob's Viagra shill gig

Only one wish - that I'd been the one who said it first.

[Winterblues]

11. Does Zell Miller ring any bells?

:shrug:

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12. more like a gong. but i don't recall him ever standing up for anything left of center.

[No Elephants]

7. Amazing??? Held under the auspices of Blue Cross--and Dole stated opposition to a public option.

In other words, Dole, Daschle, Bake and MItchell support making everyone buy private insurance--a huge payday for the medical insurance companies--and get put in jail if they choose to waste their money on food and rent or tuition instead of buying health insurance.

What the hell is amazing about Dole, Daschle, Baker and Mitchell wanting a payday for the insurance companies?

Wonder what their "consulting" fee was.

Pimps.

[harry_pothead]

8. And "you lost" in 96, and "your wife lost" in 08.

[Lasher]

9. Ha ha ha!

I'm gonna rec the thread for that zinger.