Health Care Negotiations

According to the article from Reuters, the democrats have reached an agreement about the health care bill. Click title for article.

Democratic Senate sources said the substitute would create a non-profit plan operated by private insurers but administered by the Office of Personnel Management, which supervises health coverage for federal workers.

Of course the democrats use language that suggests they actually believe in "competition" but, I still don't really understand how this is different from a "public option." Even if it's privately run, it will still require a whole lot of monitoring by the government; will it not?

The Senator from my state, NE, Ben Nelson (D), proposed an amendment that would restrict abortions from being covered but, that was shot down. Because of this, Ben Nelson has said he wouldn't support the final bill.

Why would anybody support a plan that would cover abortions? Can we also go ahead and include plastic surgery? Or, how about teeth whitening and orthodontist services? Breast enhancements? I mean, if these idiots want to cover a procedure that is an ELECTIVE procedure, why limit it to killing an innocent? I would much rather pay for a tummy tuck than murdering a baby.

Abortion is a state's issue. Not one that should be forced upon people through the courts, like it currently is. If even Ruth Ginsberg can say this, how can anyone say otherwise? Let the states vote on whether they want to support it but, as far as the government paying for it? Absolutely not. Yes, there are two sides to this. You aren't going to get pro-life folks to ever go along with killing a baby, and why should they? You aren't going to get anti-life folks to believe that abortion is wrong. It's just not going to happen. When you have an issue like this that is so personal, you have to let the people decide for themselves. The government just can't be paying for this! It's elective.

This is just one example of why it's so dangerous to have the government involved in so much of our lives. What I don't understand is when these liberals claim they don't want the government in their bedroom but, they turn around and gladly accept them in all of their medical decisions? I'm not even sure what they mean by the government being in their bedrooms anyway.

In this compromise, Medicare is also expanded. It's fine to expand it but, for goodness sakes, the only way to create competition is to allow insurance companies to sell anywhere they chose. This is so obvious! Why is it that demoncraps can't understand this?! Libtards at their finest.