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Saturday, November 07, 2009
House kills Republican health overhaul bill
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The House has used a near party line vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill.

Shortly before beginning its vote on a Democratic plan, the chamber voted 258-176 against a GOP version that would have lowered costs for people with insurance but done little or nothing to expand coverage to those without any. Rep. Timothy Johnson, R-Ill., opposed the measure and was the only lawmaker to cross party lines.

Outnumbered Republicans knew the chamber would reject their measure, but advanced it to present their vision of how the health system should be reshaped.

The GOP relied largely on loosening regulations on private insurers to reduce costs for the insured by as much as 10 percent. Congressional budget analysts said the plan would make no dent in the ranks of the uninsured.
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Reply # 1
Date: Nov 8, 2009 - 6:41 AM EST
Much Harder To Change 1990 Pages
Without considering a lower cost the House went beyond itself to sting America's Insurance Agencies & increase the cost for all American's without regard for Embezzling & Extortionist in government control of other nations. Now the measure will be a failed economic gain because there are no jobs available to cope with this threat, not just a few Charity Workers will be affected now but all & this means all American's serving overseas will have to deal with it on their own without State Dept Help cause the Health Care Plan Pelosi has been backing is by far the worse piece of law literature ever composed to backup American's around the world, & at a added cost to run over 10 years does nothing to stop Embezzlement plus Extortion, Pelosi has a right to be scared it is going to be her neck for not realizing the threats against America are real & to the point. Look now toward NATO as they struggle to meet the expectation of getting out of Afghanistan, Nov 8th two fuel trucks were destroyed and two people killed and The UN had been removing their staff workers, 35,000 new troops to Afghan cities is not good enough - Obama. It is going to become a bad term. Cost of medical services will increase, doctors will resign from the programs & more doctors will retire. But the biggest stinch is that job's shall not become a new factor - Obama killed EVFCF without even trying to help consumer's and the taxpayers are out of $$$$, all this guarantee was by Pelosi is the 'Obama Negligence Campaign Boost'.
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Reply # 2
Date: Nov 8, 2009 - 7:08 AM EST
Gift Of Servitude & Samaritanship
Has Pelosi & Obama portrayed the U.S. well enough to earn the degree of being a American, forget Patriotism that is just glamour used to politically lure the people, now that Health Care is off the agenda of Democrats it should be easier for the population to judge Pelosi & Obama as separate human beings with split personalities from 1,990 page disposition they just left behind in the chambers so their walk on the people (should the words be SHALL) continue or what plan is next to end the ordeal of brain failure in government, who ran government was a less than half poised Congress with the responsibility of Servitude & Samaritanship, neither of which seem to be a historical favorite page topic in that novel named "Disaster Out Of Bush Administration. Embezzlement plus Extortion was not have been evident during the Bush Administration, what could they have known about it that Obama Administration could dialect, but it will be now prioritized it becomes a major problem for Homeland Security - New Warning Against All Muslims (Hey there is two distinctions which one are you becoming), counting me out of that is how I see the future of the American Dictatorship.
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