Vice President Biden Announces Vote on Health Care Bill

[23spacecase]

who has actually read this bill, read it , it will make u sick and angry... Sec. 1713, Pg. 768, Lines 11-14 - Nurse Home Visit Services include determinations of economic self-sufficiency, employment advancement and school-readiness.

[7Whitewolf3]

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. " -J.Krishnamurti-

[7geitzeister7]

"The drive of the Rockefellers and their allies is to create a one-world government combining super capitalism and communism under the same tent, all under their control.... Do I mean conspiracy? Yes I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent." - Congressman Larry P. McDonald, 1976, killed in the Korean Airlines 747 that was shot down by the Soviets

[Netrocker777]

Obama took an Oath to uphold the laws of the U.S. Constitution and The U.S. Bill of Rights. He lied to over 300 million of his constituents. He seeks to change our God given rights behind closed doors. Healthcare is not a right. Read the U.S Constitution and you'll clearly understand why. I want this administration kicked off OUR HILL!

[dirtyshortsPU]

It's not that Americans can't afford health insurance, it's that they can't afford everything they bought INSTEAD of health insurance! No self-respecting hardworking American supports this dictatorial mandate.

[beatboy001]

??? , ??? , ???

[kenniblelector]

between this crap, cap and trade, TARP, the baillouts and the stimulus... AMERICA IS HAVING THE BIGGEST CON GAME IN HISTORY BEING RUN AGAINST HER.

THE LEFT IS YOUR ENEMY!

[GodChristLord]

Firing squad for all those capitalists who make money (greed) from those who don't have in artificial constructs like insurance companies that get a cut (or feel entitled to so) when you have strep throat and have to see Dr. Mattingly. ...If the blood pours like it did in the last century, it could very well pour again when the middle class is no longer.

[warher014]

This is just something else to fuck up america. damn thanks to all of Obamas people for being poor and getting shot every day because they join stupid ass gangs. they fuck it up for the rest of us

[centralmidfielder12]

everyone has to get help if he or she needs help.

so this is a great idea!

[bitcheznhos]

ever think about the cost? or how they are going about it?  of course not.

[silversatisfaction]

If you pay off Senators to get Votes that's a shame!

Also no public option! this is borderline Dictatorship!

Most Dems agree and so do Repubs..

This is wrong!

[GodChristLord]

Keep sending troops EVERYWHERE.

It is good to kill!

Besides, we will find some way to justify it as the American way.

Please send our elite forces to Canada to quell and smother socialized medicine because a means of it is making its way into the US. ...You assholes.

[Qbsneak555]

I gave over $5K to the poor last year. They will get nothing from me in 2010.

[LordWolven]

@Qbsneak555

Well, technically they will but it will be by force of the government and not by means of your own charity.

[Qbsneak555]

While young men and women in our military fight on our behalf there are those that are looting America for every last penny! How sad! Enjoy your fee health care!

[zx9mic]

fuck da police!

[Qbsneak555]

Until you need them!

[zx9mic]

i pull my own trigga nigga! all i need is weed. baleedat!

[Qbsneak555]

Then pay for your own health care.....you are just another reason we should have picked our own cotton!

[Sunshineatdusk]

No. Now you and your political party are going to PAY for our heath care.

Health care for all, and we are in the final stages of getting it done.

Thank you President Obama!

Are you getting any bonus checks from your CEO friends of Exxon or Mobile? They are the best friends to have because they support any US troop deployment at any time and any place and for any reason.

We brought those soldiers back from Iraq. How stupid, send 1,000's of soldiers to get involved in a non-Christian culture.

[Qbsneak555]

All folks need to know that it cost $246,000 for EACH job Obama created.  Why would we leave these people in charge of our health care?

I blame the UAW....Buy domestic NON union cars and trucks please!

[GodChristLord]

Yes, and I blame the 'R's" for low, paltry wages. By George, if you are hailing from somewhere below the Mason-Dixon Line, I would not be surprised.

Buy the best quality product no matter who makes it.

Ah, it feels good to watch the blood trickle down from wherever on the body of the greedy in this victory. Thank you God, I do like to see a level playing-field.

[Qbsneak555]

I am a former Detroiter that escaped SOUTH! The best quality products are NEVER UAW made.

[Qbsneak555]

How sad to see Obama destroy the great Republic designed by Madison, Jefferson, and Jay!

[GodChristLord]

Yeah, how sad to see a leveling of the playing-field where Madison, Jay, and everyone else (from creation until the end of time) is dust to our Father.

[Qbsneak555]

GodChrist..you must have a different GOD than I......My god made me in his image. As for your level playing field talk...sounds like you are a Socialist....Thou shall not covet they neighbors goods!

[GodChristLord]

That's it, make a profit, when a sick or ill woman goes to see a physician. Oh really, someone else beside the doctor should get money? Please, find some way to justify it. You know, work it into your economic theory.

My God, is like your God, and I do not think He finds favor with those that take from those that don't have.

[Qbsneak555]

Why don't you pay $300K for a Medical degree and invest 10 years in difficult studies, work as a resident for another 2 years then go tend to the ill fo no charge. Come on..do it..or..go back to your UAW job

[Qbsneak555]

Why don't you UAW slobs build free cars for the poor......give up you pay ever Friday so we can supply the poor with transportation.

[Sunshineatdusk]

Continual and periodic increase of the minimum wage is next.

You see, you are going to pay for labor, not cut it because it is the biggest cost in running a business.lol

[Qbsneak555]

No you are wrong......we will move more production to China, India, and Mexico where the labor pool appreciates their job and does not enjoy slitting the throat of their income source. BOYCOTT ALL UNION MADE PRODUCTS is gaining ground now! Yow will suffer....the rich are smart enough to adjust and avoid your attack.

[Qbsneak555]

Most Doctors I know donate a hell-of-a-lot more money and charitable work than any U|A|W slob that I know....BOYCOTT THE UNION MADE PRODUCTS!

[GodChristLord]

Yeah dumb ass,  in general now, is a driver for the Teamsters more intelligent than a medical doctor in the US?

Come on, who in the hell do you think could afford to donate a greater percentage of his income to charity?

I could see why you could not hack it and moved southward.

...By the way, it was my lineage (USW, UAW, and Teamsters) that provided for me a private education (fortunate enough where my lead professor was from Harvard). I enjoy debating narrow-minded "R's" like yourself.

[Qbsneak555]

godchristlord I suggest you ask for a refund on your college education because it obviously has failed you. You still sound like a Union slob when you say "come on" to make your point.

[zx9mic]

then god is an ugly muthafukka! you shit kicker you.

[Qbsneak555]

Your profane language is probably holding you back from getting a good job with medical benefits. Try to lay off the crack and alcohol and perhaps you can pay for your own benefits!

[missionaryoffaith]

The " government, got to vote and we didn't and they won....what kind of game was that...the cheaters win....lol..lol. joke like that will give me a heart attack...lmao...lol Bring them on...lol

[imaginepeace63]

The insurance companies won because they got the healthcare bill they wanted.

[manunited36]

can someone explains me this bill and when will it be active...is health care more affordable..i mean..what the advntages and disadvantages...

[MishuTaste]

So this is the spectacular end to the health care reform Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton were barking about in 2008? It seems pretty dull to me. Where's the ticker tape parade?

[crent765]

I don't think this was a politcal issue, but more of a moral issue. I always found it funny how people discuss politics with no formal evidence, or creditable resource. its all based on their own subjective opinion, and ignore relevant facts that don't support their opinions.

As Socrates once said " Ignorance is bliss"

[HarrisonCountyStudio]

@crent765

Morality is dependent on the perspective.

Do you suggest this is a moral issue and we should all have "health care"?

--or-

The moral question is "Should our government force us to pay (labor) for someone elses benefit"?

From a fiscal stand point There is no way we can afford this. If history is any indication of how the Feds will manage publicly funded programs, then this will be the single biggest Fraud to the American people.

[khh1964]

I feel like the middle and lower class are on a black diamond ski-slope trembling in fear, and these crooks just gave us the push to tumble downhill, all with a smile on their face. "I think even in a FAKE democracy people should get what they want every once in a while."

[GodChristLord]

Hurray!!!!!!!

We did it! Let's keep fucking them, and fucking them, and FUCKING THEM!

Because the knife is naturally in our backs in our economy, we turned around and slit their throat (big business and Corporate America). Thank Lord.

Lets all pull our underwear down and relieve ourselves on their disgusting, scummy, and putrid faces.

Oh, this feels so good.

It makes us all in the working middle class comfortable to live here again. (Thank you my all-union family and Mr. Hoffa on this holiday.)

[MishuTaste]

I don't see what's so great. The HMO's will get their money no matter what. And slitting the throat of the other businesses might mean more unemployment for us and more jobs for other nations.

[Qbsneak555]

Nice to sse your true thoughs....I will not feel so bad when I begin laying off people at my company.....I will also make sure I buy a new vehicle untouched by Union Hands!

[Qbsneak555]

How is the knif in you back? You got a free Union education according to the reply you left for me......you union slobs always play the victim role.

[btc8128]

Is there no end to this irrational predigest toward health and life? And these people call yourselves pro-life

[Milt0nBradley]

@btc8128 prolife... as in not blending up an innocent baby that has no say. You snack on greasy french fires and double bacon cheeseburgers daily and then smoke a cigarette that's your fault. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" I'd say the baby didn't have a chance at any of the 3. Meanwhile the man double fisting Hot Pockets did have a say and a chance.

[btc8128]

Pointless statements.

[Milt0nBradley]

@btc8128 aha yeah... The Declaration of Independence, pointless. You're a fool.

I say good day!

[btc8128]

I really enjoyed that. Thats very nice, very funny more pointless statements.

Please show me the part of the Declaration of Independence where it talks about healthcare, abortions, or obesity for that matter. You should resist the urge to talk out of your ass.

[Milt0nBradley]

@btc8128 Right.. "Talk out my ass." WE hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Libertty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Abortion denies all of the above. Now stop stalking me! Thanks :D

[btc8128]

Sorry little boy, you commented on my post.

You cant resist the urge. Dont you have to be born to have rights? More pointless statements. Lack of healthcare denies life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to 10s of 1,000s every year. But that doesnt bother you does it? You have a one dimensional view of pro-life so lets stick to reality.

[btc8128]

If life means so much to you, you might want to help those you can instead of wasting all that hot air on those you cant. Or is your logic too fragmented to understand that.

Furthermore, how does any of your silly talking point rhetoric relate to this video clip or my post? It doesnt. Kid you are ignorantly green.

You can go now.

[1shabuti1]

America needs another revolution. We have definitely put the final nail on our coffin with this. Pass cap and trade and we are burried.

[blradcl]

Repukes are the party of fear, ignorance, and "NO" ...just look at their postings here. What losers they are.

[nomoreliesfrom44]

I know 15 people, with no job, who do drugs, and always finding excuses for why they cant work. Guess what. They have Insurance paid for by our taxes. United Healthcare. Many unemployeed people do who are on food stamps. People who dont have insurance for the most part dont have it because they dont feel they need it. So this whole healthcare thing is BS Illegals get free treatment in our hospitals! No one is denied treatment now. Its time for a revolution!

[dlgallagher11]

Tough decision to escalate war in Afghan.- I'll give you only 30k troops and , oh, BTW,al Qaeda/Taliban you can have the country in 18 months

Stopping the bleeding of economy- quadrupled deficit, national debt at $12 trillion ,10% unemploy.,higher taxes & no economic growth.

Improving U.S. image in world- let's make sure FRANCE likes us- An "American hater president hating America" tour

Getting HC reform bill passed- $2.5 trillion cost, higher taxes, jail time, wait lists, socialism

bwaah

[Rosannasfriend]

last month's unemployment numbers dropped. That was the last indicator of the ecomomy that had not improved. He did stop the bleeding. He did make a decision on Afghan that wasn't easy and further alienated his base. You may not care what other countries think, but it matters. Too bad for you. And yes, the bill was passed, and more ppl will get HC, despite greedy asshole Repubs like you.

[dlgallagher11]

Since its Christmas (I apologize for thats since Im sure youre some lib pagan) I'll be kind and ignore the typical ignorant, lib, hate-America name calling after youre cornered. I love to see it. Unemployment was ~7.7% when Nobama took office and now is 10%- 1 bad month not as bad as others is not an argument. It just matters what other countries think??(so stupid). HC for more? Whew, not enough space to educate.

[Rosannasfriend]

to those who claim Obama did nothing in his first year, I can count at least 4 achievements:

Tough decision to escalate war in Afghan(approval for plan even if disapproval for escalation).

Stopping the bleeding of economy.

Improving U.S. image in world.

Getting HC reform bill passed.

Boo yah!!!!

[imaginepeace63]

Some Healthcare reform. It benefits the insurance companies not the people.

[pisces196949]

Afghan war=Same approach that Bush took. We aren't out of the middle east yet.

Bailed out the banks and corporations with our tax dollars. Same thing Bush did.

Bush tried to privatize medicare and social Security. Hell, Obama did it even better, Now we are mandated to pay private insurance companies for their crappy plans. Also watch our premiums shoot up. Oh and guess what, I'm a liberal, along with many others that will be voting Green party 2010 and 2012. Dem's and pub's are the same.

[bunga40]

Naniel Schorr of NPR has strongly advocated for the abolition of Senate Filibuster. No one would have to pander to Joe Lieberman or Ben Nelson if the Filibuster was done away with.

[wh0m33]

yeah baby!!!!!!!!!

[bigkyle07]

I am sick of Republicans and Democrats.. yeah I am a registered Republican but you all in DC will pay for this. We need NEW people in DC, vote them ALL out! I am happy to hopefully help get some real change in DC by voting for Rand Paul for Kentucky Senate. Tray Grayson can screw off because he won't have my vote and I don't care if the KY GOP is supporting Grayson.

[LordWolven]

All hail Nebraska because according to this bill the people of that state are better/more important then the citizens of every other state.

Who needs the Constitution when we have such fair minded intellectuals leading Congress?

[dbviewer5]

We lost our resolve to fight communism around the world, and now, it's in OUR government.

[enmity666]

Now begins eugenics operations

[baronmorris]

the "reform" has passed...

now we must reform the reform.

it's still a step forward people.

sheesh.

put it in perspective.

Viva Obama! ;-)

[WulfBand]

This is a sad day for America.

[genusrightwingus]

We the people will repay you for this!

% apposed to this crap is of epic proportions. There will be a definate

change in voter demographics if Obama

is able to run for a second term.

[ecwaufisxtreme]

Not only that it will ensure that Sarah Palin becomes America's NEXT and GREATEST POTUS of ALL TIMES and she will fully expose the corruption and root it all out of DC!

[12301986]

You're stupid. Obama is still better than Palin. Please, remember his foreign policy, and don't even think about saying that bullshit about God's a woman.

[TheJosephPrice]

lol

[ecwaufisxtreme]

This healthcare bill will ensure that Obambi becomes a 1 term EPIC FAIL and will get PWNED by Sarah Palin in 2012! This country needs Palin as president for she will completely undo all the EPIC FAIL DAMAGE that Obambi Healthcare reform will do to this country and will ensure that government stays completely out of healthcare! Palin will also privatize Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Welfare, Unemployment, Retirement, Veteran's Healthcare and all liberal govt handouts to cut the pork out!

[Kopper08]

@ecwaufisxtreme

Oh no please don't put let Palin win the Republican nomination. All the Dems are SOOOO worried about Palin. Please don't do it, she'd beat Obama for sure.

[Rosannasfriend]

actually, we'd love to get the nomination! LOL.

[Rosannasfriend]

should read, "we'd love HER to get the Nomination(Repub)". Another EPIC November loss for the Repubs!!! LOL.

[norkusman3]

man fuck palin, and obama. ron paul 2012.

[JulianCairo1]

Great! For America!

[JulianCairo1]

Funny thing about Republicans...When the concern is war, money is now object. When it concerns poor Americans...money becomes an issue.

If all 40 of the Republicans, who voted against this Bill, Do you think at least 1 would vote for it, if he or she wasn't paid by my taxes, and was the average Jane or Joe..and their child was ill..Would money be an issue? These people could care less, who lives or dies as long as they profit...Fuck em'

[rafacharmed2]

finally!

[BullnBearAnalytics]

Ted Kennedy would be so proud.. :')

[balanceseeker]

@BullnBearAnalytics

It is far from everything he would have wanted, but I think you are right. At least, it is a first step - an imperfect, shaky first step, but a first step nonetheless.

[Rosannasfriend]

yep. At least, something's been done. It may not have been all that he wanted, but I think he would have good words to say about today's vote.