Obama may lack votes on Health, Feinstein says

[andym]

I'll be giving her a call on Monday to voice my lack of support for her lack of support.
The current NYT/CBS poll and making health care cost effective through a public option will be primary arguments.
Also, rising health care costs are dampening the ability of companies to hire new workers. SO fixing this will accelerate economic recovery.
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NYT
By DERRICK HENRY
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/health/policy/22healthcare.html

President Obama may not have the votes in the Senate to pass his call for a sweeping overhaul of the health-care system, a leading Democratic senator said on Sunday. “I don’t know that he has the votes right now,” said Dianne Feinstein of California, who joined Republicans in voicing reservations about the White House proposal. “I think there’s a lot of concern in the Democratic caucus.”

Ms. Feinstein, who appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union,” also said controlling the cost of a new health-care system, estimated to be at least $1 trillion, “is a very major and difficult subject.”

Ms. Feinstein has threatened to vote against Mr. Obama’s health care bill if it draws Medicare funds from high-cost areas like California to low-cost areas of the country. Ms. Feinstein noted that California’s population is greater than that of 21 states and the District of Columbia combined.

Also on Sunday, she suggested that the results of Mr. Obama’s efforts to repair the economy and overhaul the financial-regulatory system should be measured before taking on health care.

[Dr Fate]

1. Hey Feinstein- how about telling us what you have done to help him GET those votes?

Or should we just assume that you agree with conservatives & Republicans?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

2. Perhaps Ms. Feinstein could donate some of her war profits for the cause.

Everyone in California and the country should be aware of the following story:

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/23-feinsteins-conflict-of-interest-in-iraq/
# 23 Feinstein’s Conflict of Interest in Iraq
in Top 25 Censored Stories for 2008
Source:
North Bay Bohemian, January 24, 2007
Title: “Senator Feinstein’s Iraq Conflict”
Author: Peter Byrne
http://www.bohemian.com/metro/01.24.07/dianne-feinstein-0704.html

Student Researcher: David Abbott, Amanda Spigut, and Ann Marie O’Toole
Faculty Evaluator: David McCuan, Ph.D.

[Dr Fate]

5. Spending billions on foreign war="patriotic". Spending it on people here in the USA= "socialism"

n/t

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

14. kick!

[lindisfarne]

3. She "doesn't know" if he has the votes "right now"? It seems to me he doesn't. But that can change.

Because some Dem Senators are idiots. How is she going to make that change?

[Arkana]

4. There are 58 others, Ms. Feinstein.

He can do it without your pasty chickenshit ass.

[Uzybone]

6. DiFi had plenty of guts to complain when Obama didn't ask her about his pick of Panetta

But no guts to give all Americans decent healthcare.

[Dr Fate]

7. She seems more focused on a desert that is thousands of miles away...

...than she is on good old Americans right here at home.

[invictus]

8. If Democrats had a Senate majority of 99 to 1, do you think healthcare reform would pass?

What kind of "Democrats" did we elect to this Senate?

[Jane Austin]

9. Feinstein may lack Democratic principles, Jane Austin says.

She makes me tired.

[sisters6]

10. Hey Di. GIVE UP your Fed health benefits-THEN WE CAN TALK!!

[sisters6]

11. I wish we had a handle on How individual Senators are planning

on voting right now.

[andym]

12. Another argument to be made when calling Senator Feinstein

Apparently, she's also concerned that Medicaid money will be lost by California (under some versions of the bill), and how the large health dominated economy of the state will be affected. I will mention that insuring the 6.3 million uninsured Californians will bring back at least 1-2 billion (if not quite a bit more) to the state's economy which should balance out any potential loss.

[Justitia]

13. DiFi, enough with the BS, time to Fall. In. Line.

This train is leaving the station. Do you want to be on it or under it?

[AzDar]

15. She's horrible... HORRIBLE. The People have spoken, Feinstein, either lead or get out of the way!!

:grr: