The Senate Finance Committee filed its sweeping health care reform bill Monday and its release served largely to highlight the divisions among Democrats over the direction of reform.
The massive, 1,500 page bill is expected to serve as the backbone for Democratic reform efforts going forward and five senators expressed concerns about one of its main provisions, a 40 percent tax on high-end insurance plans.
The tax is designed to pay for reform and lower costs by making the so-called Cadillac plans less attractive for insurers to offer. Under the bill, a plan that costs an individual more than $8,000 and a family more than $21,000 annually would be subject to the tax.
Elections have consequences. This is consequences. Keep that in mind next time. If we are fortunate enough to have a next time.
Yep, it’s really too bad that the Republicans abandoned conservativism. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have learned. They continue to pull left and have forsaken their base in a drive to be Democrats Lite, all the while practicing nation building and budget busting. Oh yes, they are also busy taunting the conservatives by telling us all to “get over Reagan”. The McCain camp’s treatment of Sarah was outrageous and their rejection of Ron Paul was unforgivable.
Now the Republic is on the verge of extinction. Elections do indeed have consequences.
I think that the Republicrats and RINOs are facing the long dark winter of the soul unless they wise up and return to the Right.
Oh great. 1500 pages. How many Senators and Representatives will actually read and understand this monster before its enactment?
I completely agree with you, Sick and Tired. The Republicans — thanks to their nominating a non-conservative for President — got a resounding defeat, and this has been their chance to learn some lessons.
I don’t see any indication that they have learned anything. They’re hoping for some recovery in 2010, but this particular conservative will be happily voting AGAINST Lindsey Graham and most likely AGAINST several other Republicans.
They’ve got another year to come up with some conservative candidates, but it’s not looking promising.
I voted for Dole, voted for Bush — drew the line at McCain. And as the post-election demographics showed, a whole lot of other conservatives who had formerly voted for Republican candidates, made the same decision as I. For me it was a crossing of the Rubicon. I’ll be voting for conservatives. Period.