tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post2911755401130997344..comments2023-10-25T04:44:35.462-04:00Comments on Rather Than Working: Health Care Reform WinnersDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-86756677153395041462009-12-23T12:59:50.365-05:002009-12-23T12:59:50.365-05:00I always knew there were "deals" being m...I always knew there were "deals" being made in Washington but this takes it to a whole new level.<br /><br />We are suppose to be a union - I take that to mean that everyone gets treated the same. The special treatment for certain states (mine included) is unconscionable. As a taxpayer I am outraged. I phoned my Senator's office but I doubt it will do any good.Sonja's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07696694912040093876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-71612455927170930532009-12-22T12:44:19.095-05:002009-12-22T12:44:19.095-05:00OK... I understand Axelrod's point... but I...OK... I understand Axelrod's point... but I'm not sure any of these state-specific handouts can survive a court challenge even if they make it into the version of the bill presented for Mr. Obama's autograph.<br /><br />My reservations about the bill, whichever version is under consideration, are not mollified in the least by an increase in health insurer stock prices. In fact, this makes me more certain that this whole process is wrong, wrong, wrong: Sure, the health insurers allegedly face no government competition under the Senate version of the bill and if it trumps the House version in conference the private insurers can look forward to continued existence. But this mess of porridge is being sold to the American people on the idea that premiums will go down.<br /><br />Obviously Wall Street thinks otherwise.<br /><br />Not that Wall Street is necessarily bright -- the last couple of years have proved that -- but still.........The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.com