Special Healthcare Retort

Pelosi dropped her 'plan' (that looks a little bit like Harry Reid's) next door today. Looks like she has been doing some copy'n'pasting over there?

So, all this talk that if you like what you have, you can keep it - that was just talk. You're going to be charged for the privilege to keep what you have.

There's no portability, and there's no new competition - meaning I can't buy my insurance out-of-state.

And where's the Tort reform? If we're going to contain costs, I don't care who's paying for it - if you don't reel in the cost of malpractice, fraud, and court costs - it does NOTHING to contain costs. Wasn't that one of the highly vaulted selling points? Well, costs will continue to raise over inflation without change in this area.

And they're still going to try to put a "Public Option" in there. But they're trying to trick everyone by eliminating Medicare and Medicaid - but it doesn't matter - the costs still are absorbed by the hospitals and the physicians who then pass it on to the paying customers -- those folks who actually have insurance.

So what's going to happen? This will pass - and very quickly everyone will drop or be dropped by their private insurers as everyone runs to the government 'option' which will be the only option at the end of the run. When that happens, the costs will be all over the place, and no one will be happy.

And right now, no one is happy. The folks who think health care is a natural right will be pissed that this bill doesn't go long enough. The Rush Limbaugh fans think the system is just super the way it is.

As for me, I think it's a START - there needs to be more talking and working together, which are two things that Nancy and Harry don't do well with anyone, including their own party. But this thing is a dud and should be swept out the door along with those two ding-a-lings.