Via the e-mail tubes, an electronic telegram just arrived in my inboxulator. The message is pretty darn clear:
I just left a meeting at the White House with President Obama.
The President reiterated the need to pass real health care reform, and I am committed to doing everything I can to ensure that happens in the U.S. Senate.
Coloradans deserve affordable and stable health care, and I believe a public option is one tool that could provide much-needed competition and additional choice for consumers.
Continued…
Please join me in answering President Obama’s call. Contact your members of Congress to pass meaningful health care reform today!
We’ve watched the debate over health insurance reform get off-track thanks to special interests that benefit from the broken insurance system we have now. Last night, President Obama set the record straight on distortions being spread by opponents of health care reform, who simply want to “kick the can further down the road” and delay reform.
Much of the debate has focused on the public option. Last night, the President said this about the public option:
But an additional step we can take to keep insurance companies honest is by making a not-for-profit public option available in the insurance exchange. Let me be clear — it would only be an option for those who don’t have insurance. No one would be forced to choose it, and it would not impact those of you who already have insurance. In fact, based on Congressional Budget Office estimates, we believe that less than 5% of Americans would sign up.
Despite all this, the insurance companies and their allies don’t like this idea. They argue that these private companies can’t fairly compete with the government. And they’d be right if taxpayers were subsidizing this public insurance option. But they won’t be. I have insisted that like any private insurance company, the public insurance option would have to be self-sufficient and rely on the premiums it collects.
I support the President’s plan to include the public option as a tool help reform our broken health care system.
But above all, any reform must be done in a deficit-neutral way and must provide choice, stability and security for those who have insurance. We must see to it that insurance companies can’t ever break their promises to consumers or drop their coverage unexpectedly — especially not when they’re sick.
Please contact your members of Congress today. Urge them to pass health care reform, including a public option, today!
http://www.markudall.com/page/…
President Obama’s speech ushered in a new phase of the debate. Our economy and the health of hardworking Coloradans can’t wait. The time to act is now.
Thank you,
Mark Udall
U.S. Senator
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Here comes mass agreement, back slapping and premature congratulations.
A reply that has absolutely nothing to do with my comment. As usual.
What’s the matter, little guy? Get tired of getting beat up by the Sargent?
What’s getting beat up is likey in the Sarg’s pants.
I bet your little feller envies him. And no, your hand doesn’t count as a special guest star.
You’re an unfortunate little wanker.
You have added nothing to this discussion.
Now back to what I was going to say about Udall.
It’s about fucking time.
Go ahead and keep the mindless insulting bullshit coming. You’re such a waste of human flesh that there’s NOTHING you can say that will ever get a rise out of me.
All it took was a few comments, and your lizard-like brain started spouting schoolyard taunts and sleazy sexual innuendos…and now everyone on this site knows who you are, what’s on your filthy little pea-brain, and ABSOLUTELY no one takes you seriously.
It’s only a matter of time before the Adult Supervision on this site kicks your pathetic little ass off this site forever.
You brought up Manila and your wife … http://coloradopols.com/showCo…
What I find funny is you talk with your wife about blogger handles – bizarre and goofy – I
knowhope you have more going on in your life then day dreaming about Manila.Wanna make something of it?
…another family got away!
The thing I love the most about this was HOW EASY it was to get you to display the shallowness of your character. Your brain operates on such a near-primate level, that you took the bait so quickly I wish I had strung you along more.
How does it feel to be the official website dunce?
You’re using scare words
He may have been pretty wishy-washy on this issue up till now, but I have to give him credit, if he’s now willing to support the public option, when just a month or so ago he was instructing his staffers to stop using the word… Then that’s good enough for me. Now is what really counts.
Glad is a great old song by Traffic by the way.
Let’s get it done!