'Yet Again, Another Example of Our Republican Friends Standing Up for the Insurance Companies'

Today, the House is considering several Republican amendments to the GOP spending (HR 1) bill to defund implementation of the health care law.

The Republican spending bill cuts jobs. Republicans say "so be it."

Now Republicans want to block funds from being used to implement any aspect of the health law, including patients' rights. This will put insurance companies back in charge. Republicans say "so be it."

The "so be it" GOP efforts would guarantee that insurers and employers do not have to comply with the new patients' rights and insurance reforms that already took effect and are helping millions of Americans.

As a result:

Children with pre-existing conditions would once again be denied coverage.

Young adults up to age 26 would lose the assurance that they can stay on their parents' plans.

Lifetime caps could once again be placed on coverage

Pregnant women and breast and prostate cancer patients could once again be thrown off the insurance rolls

Many seniors would have to pay more for drugs.

Many small businesses would have to pay higher taxes -- because the tax credits for millions of small businesses that choose to offer coverage to their employees would stop being implemented

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• Leader Pelosi
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• Health Insurance Reform

[ardenthash]

new world order scum. take your recycled rederick and shove it up your goblin ass

[imbubba56]

Babbling idiot...

[obamaisapieceofshit]

You dumb bitch pelosi. If one of the seniors "starving and eating dog food" is you when the nation goes bankrupt due to your fucked up botox induced retardation then at least I can laugh at and spit on you in the gutter. cunt.

[schratboy]

Sad.

[mrf4j]

Nancy Pelosi Please answer why you signed SBX211 that granted Los Angeles County Supeior court Judges retro active imunity from prosecution for takeing money from the county that had been declared unconstitutional by the court of appeals in (Sturgeon vs Los Angeles County) Please explain why you aided and abedded The Los Angeles Superior Court Judges in commiting FRAUD ON THE COURT. Why don't you care about the people / citizens that appear infront of these corrupt Judges. Please Answer

[mrivera1]

@hazeywolf I don't see YouTube comment sections as fruitful places for debate. I support the Affordable Healthcare Act. It's better than what we had before and although it could be improved, I'm glad it's there. And I'm an idealist, so I couldn't care less about constitutionality if the law does good things for society. Hope that answers your questions.

[hazeywolf]

@mrivera1 I am a constituent of SF and Mdm. Pelosi. I don't claim to represent all of SF - to suggest that I was implying so is ridiculous... & I'm pretty sure everyone "stands for health-care reform..." By supporting SB810, I clearly do.

You're comments r inane & lack intellectual merit. Do you support SB810? Do u believe the current Health Care bill is constitutional? Does it achieve its promised goals?

[mrivera1]

@hazeywolf her constituency is San Francisco...I think that should be self-explanatory.  And I stand with health-care reform.

[warglo6170]

Nancy many parts of Obama Care needs to be deleted. More bloated over bearing government must stop. The dollar is devalue waiting by the day, State governments need to balance their budgets by cutting unneeded programs and services. As well as the Federal government, Tax payer money should not be wasted and spent wisely.

[12quillemall5321]

Can we all agree if a corporation or industry is clearly making profits, they DO NOT require government subsides, like BIG OIL has currently.

Can we all agree that a sick person can not work and become a bigger burden on society. Regardless, we will have to care for the ill. So why not have public healthcare?

Are American citizens less valuable than a corporation, like BIG OIL. How did BIG OIL get well care, before Americans?