What's Next for Health Care Reform? Jan 20, 2010

There are a few scenarios Congress can pursue at this stage in the health care battle and progressives in the House have a seat at the decision-making table. What are your questions for them as they continue their fight for real health care reform? Submit your original questions and/or vote for your favorites (you get 10 votes total) and we’ll send them up to the Hill to be answered. Thanks for participating.

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Lower the medicare age to 55. There is less objection to this idea and it will work!
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Insurance companies are too big with too much power. They collude in monopolies to set rates and deny coverage. Congress should pass laws to break them up.
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have the house pass the Senate bill; very far from perfect, but a good start & it can get done now.
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Take the money out of the bill, pass all the TOUGH INSURANCE REFORMS!
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How is this different than the day before Specter switched parties ? Fear is right wing

The only thing we have to fear is acting even more like Republicans
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What's Next for Health Care Reform? Jan 20, 2010

I suggest you ...

There are two ways to get more votes:

Enact HR676 medicare for all.

start using reconciliation to pass the progressive measures you were elected to pass.

Universal Health Care...51 vote passage in the Senate

Lower the medicare age to 55. There is less objection to this idea and it will work!

Start being Progressive instead of centrist...we want Progressives, not watered-down Republicans

Do whatever you can through reconciliation

Add public option and fix excise tax through reconciliation THEN, only then, pass the Senate bill

Reform lobbying and contributions to Congress

Grow some and get back to Democratic principals, not corporate ones

Invoke Anti-trust Act on Insurance Companies

Come up with a strong bill that House and Senate can support and let Republicans filibuster it

Start to challenge the Republicans in public on why they won't pass healthcare reform!

Why is the administration taking the veto-proof 60 vote strategy when we can just pass it with 51?

wake up and realize Republicans and big money will play as dirty as needed. Get some balls.

pass the Senate bill in the House and immediately pass a compromise bill using reconciliation.

Start over and do it right. Universal single payer health care is what we wanted. Do it now.

have the house pass the Senate bill; very far from perfect, but a good start & it can get done now.

Is there any hope for the public option at this point?

Take the money out of the bill, pass all the TOUGH INSURANCE REFORMS!

How is this different than the day before Specter switched parties ? Fear is right wing

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