The ever evolving post which will include all my liberal bullshit about how health care in the United States will gives us all headaches. (Bah, WordPress deleted much of what was on here previously. I’ll attempt to get it back together.)

Update: This just in from HCAC (Health Care For All Colorado)

What is left of Real Reform?

• Single payer? – not at the table. 
• Public option? – watered down, then gone. 
• Medicare buy-in? maybe, for a week, then gone.
  

Now the U.S. Senate wants to block any state efforts to find innovative solutions to our health care crisis until 2017!

The Senate health care bill that is now working its way to final adoption contains a provision allowing a “Waiver for State Innovation” (Section 1332, p 212) but not until 2017.  This same Senate bill requires that all states have an insurance market exchange by 2014. 

We must demand that the 2017 restriction removed.  

The concrete is setting on the final bill.  Our congress needs to hear from us now.

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) 202-225-5161 are co-chairs and active on this issue.  Give them a reason to work harder, to make concessions in an area that doesn’t do so much damage.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:  202-225-4965; fax 415-556-4862

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid:  775-882-7343  fax 775-883-1980

House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer  202-225-4131  fax  202-225-4300

Senator Jay Rockefeller  202-224-6472   fax 202-224-7665

Senator Chris Dodd  202-224-2823   fax 202-224-1083

Representative George Miller  202-225-2095    fax 202-225-5609

Representative Charles Rangel  202-225-4365    fax 202-225-0816

Representative Henry Waxman   202-225-3976    fax  202-225-4099

Senator Bernie Sanders 202-224-5141   fax 202-228-0776

Senator Tom Harkin  202-224-3254   fax 202-224-9369