That Was Then
If liberal health-care reform is going to make people better off, why does it require “a very harsh, stiff penalty” to make everyone buy it? That’s what Senator Obama called it in his Presidential campaign when he opposed the individual mandate supported by Hillary Clinton. He correctly argued then that many people were uninsured not because they didn’t want coverage but because it was too expensive.
From today’s WSJ.
And check out these haters at a health care rally today:
Oh wait, they’re pro-health care. Can’t be racists, then. Sorry.
But he can:
“The Baucus bill is the worst piece of healthcare legislation I’ve seen in 30 years. … In fact, it’s a $60 billion giveaway to the health insurance industry every year. … It was written by healthcare lobbyists, so that’s not a surprise. It’s an outrage.”
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“I’m glad Senator Rockefeller is not going to vote for it. I wouldn’t vote for it at all under any circumstances.”
That’s Howard Dean, expressing his inner James Earl Ray. Will someone please check with Janeane Garofalo on who is racist and who is not? I’m so confused.