Monday, December 07, 2009

You're killing me, Mr. President, you're absolutely killing me

Via CommonDreams.org, here's an article from the Nation called "Six Smart Progressive Complaints about the house health bill."

The Affordable Health Care for America Act was approved by the U.S. House Saturday night with overwhelming support from progressive Democrats who serve in the chamber and from a president who was nominated and elected with the enthusiastic support of progressive voters.

But that does not mean that informed and engaged progressives are entirely enthusiastic about the measure.


The complaints are:

1. "This Bill Will Enshrine in Law the Monopolistic Powers of the Private Health Insurance Industry"


2. This Bill Fails to Control Costs


3. "This Bill Obliterates Women's Fundamental Right to Choose"


4. This Bill Embraces Religious-Right Extremes


5. This Bill Worries About the Health of Wall Street, Not America


And
6. The Bill Does Not Cure What Ails Us

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