Video: Bernie Sanders Lashes Out at GOP Over Single Payer Amendment
Morgen on December 16, 2009 at 1:30 pm
For some crazy reason Sen. Reid allowed Bernie Sanders to bring an amendment to the floor today which would directly implement a single-payer system in place of the reforms in the current Senate health bill. As I headlined earlier today, the Senate GOP finally grew a pair and decided to use a procedural rule to have the entire text of Sanders amendment read out loud on the Senate floor. Several hours into this, Sanders had enough and agreed to withdraw the amendment. But he wasn’t happy about it as you’ll see in the video below. Be sure to stick through at least the 3:00 mark to hear Sanders stating with absolute certainty that Congress will eventually legislate a single payer system:
Frankly I think a better strategy for the GOP would have been to vote in favor of the amendment to highlight the fact that this is what most liberals are really aiming for. It would have been fun to watch the Democratic leadership scramble if the amendment had passed.
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Yeah. I want to play too. If the GOP would create and support a bill to outlaw the posession of all firearms, this country would be purged of many of it’s problems very quickly (but violently.) Heh Heh
December 16, 2009 @ 1:50 pmWhat a bleepin’ idiot. He said it was outrageous that the GOP forced the reading of a 700+ page amendment. The real outrage is that it was a 700+ page amendment! I hope to God these people all get voted out.
Question: What are the facts behind his claiming that Single Payer has widespread support stating the 2007 Yahoo poll?
December 16, 2009 @ 1:57 pmUnless you really want Single Payer, there would NOT have been anything funny about passing Sander’s amendment. The Wicked Witch of the West would have thanked whatever cauldren she worships at, scraped up a qourum and the House would have passed it tonight. Obama would be signing it at breakfast. The House has had a single payer bill HR676 laying around awaiting a careless moment.
December 16, 2009 @ 2:48 pmSo this blog supports private insurance companies taking a 25% cut on every health care dollar spent?
Even when Medicare only needs 2% overhead to do the same job?
Doesn’t sound very conservative. More like socialism for big business. I thought conservatives liked to save money?
December 16, 2009 @ 3:08 pmBob,
To try and make the Medicare system sound like the epitome of efficiency is both sad and laughable…
Tonight on the MSM news, your president, said that if the nation did not pass this legislation that Medicare and Medicaid would bankrupt the country…
And you’re holding that up as the example to follow?
December 16, 2009 @ 5:52 pmWe like saving our Freedom and Liberty even more. I’m much more comfortable with “evil greedy” insurance companies, they merely want my money’ the Socialists want our souls, how much you get for yours Bob?
December 16, 2009 @ 7:38 pmBob, give the reefer a rest. Medicare is not efficient, it’s about to go bankrupt. I share your disgust with insurance companies but it’s better than the nanny state controlling 1/6 of our economy. The government can’t run anything right and within it’s budget. Excuse me now, I have to go to the post office and wait the rest of the day to mail a package.
December 16, 2009 @ 8:04 pmsanders is a traitor that should be executed. the rest of the stinking democrat turds beklong in the sewer once dead.
December 16, 2009 @ 8:36 pmThis blogger supports free enterprise and competitive markets over destructive statist interventions. To the extent that the current insurance market is non-competitive, this is primarily due to existing federal and state regulation and interventions in the market. The bill in Congress will only make this worse, which is by design with the aim of leading to the single payer system you so desire.
Like Adobe, I would rather some percentage of my insurance contributions go towards the creation of a market incentive for insurance companies, than cede control over the health of me and my family to the federal government. This is not even a close call, IMO.
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December 17, 2009 @ 1:23 amI find it interesting when people like Bob look at these corporations like insurance companies and don’t forget the evil drug companies, making profits, and condemn them. Of course not realizing who benefits from the profits in these companies. Pension funds, various investors, I wonder if Bob has a 401k by chance. Just maybe that 401k owns a piece of these companies. Ya hafta look a little farther than the end of your nose…..
December 17, 2009 @ 6:19 amI’ve always held the belief that Liberalism is like acne in that most young people go thru it but then outgrow it, but that in it’s actual effects it was more like Chicken Pox in that it’s effects are much more deleterious Chicken Pox strikes adults. Now I can’t help but conclude that Liberalism in the long term is some cruel form of Dementia.
December 17, 2009 @ 8:34 amOkay, I get it.
You folks support profit-skimming, moneychangers because they have stocks you can buy into and get in on the action rather than supporting government programs who don’t take profits off the backs of sick people.
The new conservative agenda: Get rich off the sick.
No wonder only 20% of Americans identify as GOP these days.
December 17, 2009 @ 11:21 amBOB: who said we were Republicans? Over 40% of the electorate identify themselves as Conservatives, that’s how I identify myself. Is that your best argument “moneychangers” “Get rich off the sick” why don’t you hit us where it will hurt with “Workers of the world unite” or better yet get treatment.
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