Were are we going?

We waited all August for the Baucus Plan. The Bipartisan super Snowe-job! Who here didn't know this would be a pile o ____? Wall Street got all gitty, and health care stocks climbed like crazy yesterday, and there's your first bad omen.

Here's the plan: You as an individual tax payer must pick a health care plan, or be fined by the government for opting out (half the value). They will take 13% of your current salary, and give it directly to the Health Insurance companies. With no regulation, or price control, or real reform! Exactly the kind of cookie (no candy bar) we expect from a Republican only plan- this is bipartisan? Baucus is a Democrat. And one that's going to find reelection a hard fight now, and rightly so! You are going to force me to buy health insurance through the IRS? I think we all see what wrong with that!

Don't get ahead here, one bad bill doesn't poison them all! This is only one of 6 bills, and clearly the one committee that didn't get the idea that the Bush Administration is over. 4 of the other 6 bills understand the need for REAL REFORM and the public option, so this is not over!

Facts: Public Option is like public school. You're not required to go to public school, you can go to private school if you want and can afford it. Why is this hard to understand?
Second: Exclusion by preexisting condition becomes illegal.
Third: No caps on benefits. Lifetime expense caps become illegal.
These two things, make sure that insurance is doing it's job, and not just a free money for Wall Street.
Forth: Will not add to the deficit, it's paid for.

What problems do we face down the road, in a year or two?
Too few doctors, with HIGH liability insurance problems.
Part of the purpose in establishing standards of practice are to reduce Tort lawsuits. Ironically, it's your doctor paying for the malfeasance of the insurance companies and HMO's, with; you guessed it, higher malpractice insurance. We have failures on several levels. Including Doctors deciding how much competition they will face, from new blood. Drugs being made overseas with mostly just a promise and a prayer to do it right.

There is still a lot to deal with! But keep the pressure on for the President's plan! Be brave, you going to hear lots of disinformation in the days ahead. Be vocal, be vigilant. Be strong. Don't Panic! We are in a revolution that is fought with words, not bullets. We will change America for the better. One issue at a time. One voice at a time. Nobody wants to make life worse, except for those with a (partisan) political ax to grind. There's an election coming up, you can fix that too.

We have 4 good bills, and President that is very clear where we need to go. Let's get this done!
Meanwhile, Max Baucus vs. Max Buttkiss- I don't see any difference?