Health care costs decrease under the Senate bill. (Thumbs up: Ezra Klein.) While it’s not a perfect system (the exposure for low-income Americans needs to be lower), it’s a vast improvement. As E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post writes, “It’s a lot easier to improve a system premised on the idea that everyone should have health coverage than to create such a system in the first place. Better to take a victory and build on it — to accept this plan as a “starter home,” in Sen. Tom Harkin’s apt metaphor — than to label victory as defeat.”
Here’s more ammunition for Blanche Lincoln to defend her vote.
What about the costs to businesses, and increased taxes, and decreased services?
How is this country going to give care to XX million more people w/o an decrease in service? Where are we going to get the Drs?
Blake, anytime a politician has to spend major time “defending” a vote to get reelected – was that a good vote?
Also, why did Blanche rollover? She would have an easier time “defending” that vote if she had something to show for it. Or are Nelson, and Landrieu just better legislators for their state than her?
Defending it from misinformation, which there is an incredible amount of in Arkansas and beyond. In my view, the public has been led astray by irresponsible advertising. Take, for example, Sarah Palin’s “death panels” argument that blanketed the airwaves. Politifact.com, a fact checking site from the St. Petersberg Times, named it the Lie of the Year.
The GOP will attack her for this vote. These are facts that can be used to rebut what I predict will be inaccurate statements by her opponents.
She has a lot to show for it as stated above.
What about the costs to businesses, and increased taxes, and decreased services?
How is this country going to give care to XX million more people w/o an decrease in service? Where are we going to get the Drs?
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And she has NOTHING to show above and beyond any of the other 59 senators.
Cost to businesses? Which type? Small businesses are applauding the vote and the bill. Increased taxes? Yes, there will be tax increases, but not in a disproportionate relationship to income. More importantly, the health insurance bill will reduce a federal deficit. Decreased services? Show me some evidence that this will happen.
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