House Democratic leaders, pledging to meet the president’s goal of health care legislation before their August break, are offering a $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans. Left to pick up most of the tab were medical providers, employers and the wealthy.
‘We cannot allow this issue to be delayed. We cannot put it off again,’ Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee, said Tuesday. ‘We, quite frankly, cannot go home for a recess unless the House and the Senate both pass bills to reform and restructure our health care system.’
In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid said he wanted floor debate to begin a week from Monday. With the Senate Finance Committee still struggling to reach consensus, that timetable could slip. Even so, it underscored a renewed sense of urgency.
Obama himself was driving the action, going off-script to push the issue during a speech in Michigan and scheduling a Rose Garden news conference for Wednesday to make more comments on the topic.
President Obama is on a crusade to overhaul the healthcare system in the United States to make it more affordable for all.The clip above is from the Michael Moore movie ‘Sicko’, we used this clip to point out the absurdity of the healthcare sysytem and how they conduct themselves. GG community, what are your healthcare horror stories.?
