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'Bipartisan': Democratic cowardice, Republican obstructionist

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All industrialized countries in the world, with the exception of the
United States, have some sort of government-regulated or government-provided
health care. And all of those countries provide better care for their citizens
than our country does.

The government has no obligation to ensure that insurance companies
flourish by continuing to rip off the American people and even the government
itself. Instead, the government needs to lead the way to provide universal,
equitable and affordable health care to its citizens.

Believe it or not, there is nothing magic about the "private
sector." The private sector obviously cannot provide health care any more
than it can replace the Army, Navy, and Air Force and Marines.

For starters, U. S. senators should require that every single lobbyist,
in order to gain an audience, provide proof-positive that any sort of private
health care plan can deliver what the citizens demand.

Those Americans polled who do not want a single-payer/public option
health care system number about the same as those people who approved of George
W. Bush during his final year or two in office––no higher than 28 percent.

Even Republicans are fed up with the current state of health care in the
United States.

No political candidate at either the state of federal level––Democrat or
Republican––should be eligible for election to office without first signing a
pledge to champion a single-payer health care system.

Any Democrat who cries for a "bipartisan health care bill" has
to be either a coward or corrupted to the extent of taking bribes.

Any Republican who uses "bipartisan" as a wedge to obstruct true
health care reform is either putting their party before the public good or
corrupted to the extent of taking bribes.

No candidate deserves our vote unless they get this issue right.

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In your title by richard on Thursday, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:45:55 PM
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