Just Kill It....

After what seems like an eternity of political debate, fear tactics, and appeasement...the healthcare reform debate seems to be at a standstill....Republicans are united in their opposition of this reform and now Democrats have splintered into factions each wanting their own piece of this massively expensive overhaul of our healthcare system...and we are left with what remains after all the townhall meetings, tea parties, and political compromise...a rotting corpse that serves no one by the health insurance industries and the politicans who act in their favor..

So what has been lost in this great debate?
-Public Option dropped
-Medicare buy-in dropped
-individual mandated ADDED

So what reform is left if any at all? Insurance companies won't be able to drop you for having a pre-existing condition or when you get sick but without any choice except private health insurance there isn't any real help for those who can't afford insurance and now they will HAVE to buy private insurance or pay a fine...this a big Christmas present for the health insurance companies and their Senators..and yet this is still called "Reform"....

This lack of true reform has even driven some of its strongest supporters to do the unthinkable..kill the bill. These include former Vermont Gov. and Presidential hopeful Howard Dean and MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann (who just gave a passionate call for the President to kill this bill on his show tonite)..and instead of blaming Republicans or Lieberman for stalling and the gutting of this bill, the White House and Dem. Senate leadership has targeted Mr. Dean saying he has gone too far in his call for this bill to be killed and Democrats to get what reform they can through Reconciliation (a process of passing measures by a simple majority with would allow some reform but not all). Why would they do this? It's not because Mr. Dean isn't wrong about his opinion, it's because he's RIGHT and they fear that his vocal call for the death of this 'reform' bill will be a catalyst for the liberal left to challenge the Senates Democratic leaders. But they are too late because from political polls and by listening to the Liberal media (such as MSNBC) it is clear Liberals are angry and are seemingly willing to make the Senates Democratic leaders pay for it next election cycle and they aren't afraid to say so..Keith Olbermann, who admits he is a Liberal, at least has the guts to stand up for his political views and not throw them under the bus just to get something passed no matter how terrible as Mr. Reid and his allies have done...
Because this bill as it stands doesn't really need to be killed...it's already dead and just needs buried and there is only one person who can do the digging...Mr. Obama. Olbermann went as far as saying that should this bill pass with its Individual Mandate (whose constitutionality is shaky) he will get rid of his private insurance and therefore be breaking the law and dares the government to do something about it because such a mandate (which Obama denounced during his Presidential campaign) is the final insult to all those who hoped for real reform...

And what has our President said about the politically COMPROMISED bill as of late? He has told Democrats that they have to pass something by the end of the year or else...well he didn't really say but you get his drift...to this Mr. Olbermann called of Mr. Obama to veto any bill that retains that Individual mandate but I fear he won't because he seems to believe that any reform is better than none but he is wrong...this whole healthcare reform movement was botched from the start and should just be ended so Mr. Obama can focus on the economy which is more important right now (not to mention if he does that people will like him more and his chances for reelection would be much greater)...

I am a stronge believer in healthcare reform because I have seen the facts and figures and it's disgusting to think we are the only industrialized nation with no universal healthcare system but with our economy as weak as it is and with the Federal decifit growing incredibly fast, this reform could/should wait for another day..So please Mr. President, veto this bill and focus on what really matters to the American people right now..