Grayson introduces Public Option Act
Congressman Alan Grayson, (D-Orlando), today introduced a bill (H.R. 4789) which would give the option to buy into Medicare to every citizen of the United States.
New Year, Same Struggles,
Happy New Year Gantt Report readers and a luta continua! If you don’t know, that means the struggle continues. Almost no one is happy in America with the state of their employment but the country’s beast bankers. Bank executives stole all of the money Americans had before and they are stealing all of America’s future revenue by hoarding all of their recently received government stimulus dollars.
Majority of Americans Not Behind Healthcare Reform
As the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid works frantically to muster the 60 votes required for passage of new health care reform legislation, a new USA Today/Gallup finds that public support is below the majority level. The poll which was taken between December 11-13 reveals that, 48% of Americans would advise their member of Congress to vote no to the legislation, while 46 percent say they would lean towards supporting it.
Dems Scramble to Get to 60, Lieberman Flip-Flops
Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid is still scrambling to find 60 votes to pass health care reform legislation in the Senate before Christmas. One of the persons standing in the way is Senator Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. who said on Sunday, he would join Republicans in voting down the bill.
Poll: 60 Percent of Americans Support “Public Option”
In a newly-released survey conducted by Thomson Reuters Corporation, close to 60 percent of Americans would like to see “public option” in any health care reform legislation, but they remain skeptical that Congress will take steps to lower cost of improve care in the short term.
Health Care Reform Fight goes to the Bitter End
Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-Nevada) unveiled his much anticipated health care reform legislation Wednesday evening which would extend coverage to 30 million Americans, force insurance companies to accept new clients, all at a price tag of under $1 billion over 10 years.
Now It’s the US Senate’s Turn
Just 14 hours after the House passed landmark health insurance reform legislation, President Barack Obama was exhorting the Senate to “take up the baton and bring this effort to the finish line”. The President’s statement on Sunday came against the backdrop of the very slender margin on which the House passed the landmark health insurance reform legislation– a $1.1 trillion plan over 10 years and which extends coverage to 36 million uninsured Americans.
Pelosi Goes Virtual With Mammoth Health Care Bill
House Democrats today placed their version of the health care reform bill, complete with the public option on line. The bill, some 1990 pages, is massive in length and takes some wading through.
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