Believe it or not, there is still a push by some hard left Senators to make a government run health insurance company a part of the federal government. They think this is an important change because they believe that the government can institute anti-competitive pricing for health insurance. They have no constraints on their balance sheet like a private company, and have no need to charge more for a service they offer than their costs.
If a private company were to do something like that, they would end up with an anti-monopoly investigation from the justice department. But since it's government that's going to do it, they think it's OK. They have said all along that this will help competition in the industry, but in reality it's designed to eliminate it, like all monopolistic actions.
And if you thought the vox populi had been heard on this issue and that Obamacare was dead... think again. If there is one thing that people like Frank Lautenberg know about it's keeping things alive and in Congress long after they are of any real use to anyone. And using 'reconciliation' to push through a 'public option' is still very much on the agenda for every Senator that the unions own.
They still don't care that the jig is long up on this issue... their union masters want it, and they intend to give it them by any means.
Anyone who voted for these useless corrupt hacks should be deeply ashamed of themselves.
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"If there is one thing that people like Frank Lautenberg know about it's keeping things alive and in Congress long after they are of any real use to anyone."
Excellent discription of Lautenberg's current tenure.
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