Sanders: Rep Obstructionism, Reconciliation, Universal Cost Effective HC Will Happen @ State Level

[SLSmith]

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December 18, 2009
Senator Bernie Sanders on Thom Hartmann
Brunch with Bernie

[tabatha]

1. I'm liking Sanders more and more.

He is a voice of reason.

[jwirr]

2. Many of the state level politicians in my state are very interested in

a single payee system. We need to get rid of Palenty and make sure we get a good Democrat in as governor. We already have a good basic plan but Palenty has moved many of us onto some private insurance plan and we need to get rid of that and put us back on the public programs. I definitely want the options for states to build their own programs protected.

[LaPera]

3. I wish ALL liberal Dems were Independents like Sanders, then how could republicans go after their

favorite whipping boys, the Democrat......if they are Independents?

Oh sure they would try, but it would have the same impact, republicans are a hateful narrow-minded, regressive bunch of creatures and are so single focused on the "democrats for their uninformed, uneducated sheep to hate & destroy.

They just leave the very liberal Sanders alone...How could the republicans go after Sanders....They just hope people will ignore Sanders as the republicans must do and Sanders will just go away and be irrelevant.

[Zodiak]

4. Won't happen

Know why?

Because BOTH bills allow insurance companies to sell their products across state lines. One state tries to regulate, and the insurance companies move to another.

This means that all the companies will move to whatever state has the lowest regulation, and then that state's laws will apply to every policy they sell.

The same way our credit cards are handled in DE with gigantic usurious rates.

Bernie is making a mistake by floating that going to the states is a good idea.

http://metrowny.com/blogs/archives/159-Health-Care-Bill-Selling-Insurance-Across-State-Lines-Wont-Work-75b0xw00d.html

Here is why it is wrong

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/17/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5990684.shtml

And here is the article that outlines the fact that this provision is in the bill.

Do NOT leave anything to the state level until you get rid of this provision.

Now I understand that he wants to get single payer passed on the state level, and that is great (I support that), but he must understand that relying on the states is going to end up making this bill really, really bad as it is written.

I really wish the state line issue would be handled by SOMEONE. It's a gigantic problem, and no one is talking about it at all.