My Sirota link was the basis of that article.
But the link is the full quote (not edited by the Obama fans at the Nation) and puts Obama's actual position in the proper light. Which conflicts substantially from what you're purporting is/was his position.
Face it, Scott. He's another defender of the oligarchy. Comcast CEO to head FCC, health insurance lobbyists in the so-called healthcare reform effort, etc. sic nauseum. The cost of medical care REMAINS the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in this country even after the PPACA. That is an abomination. No one should ever lose their home because a family member got sick. No federal legislation should have ever passed that mandated every citizen to participate (and add to the profits of) the industry responsible for that reality.
For five years I worked in the health insurance industry. It is corrupt to its core. Even if I give Obama credit for wanting to reform it (in spite of all evidence to the contrary, mind you), I *know* it cannot be reformed. It is as rotten as anything Goldman Sachs has ever come up with. If he were a Progressive and realized how corrupt Washington is, he'd know he had to appeal to the corporate masters who are not involved in the healthcare scam that is the US health system. And that would be *easy*. "Honda, Mercedes, BMW, Toyota. None of them have to pay a profit to other companies to provide health care to their workers. Why should GM, Chrysler, Ford and Tesla? It's unfair to our corporations who have to put the costs of paying off Anthem, Wellpoint, Humana and all the rest into the cost of producing their products while their competitors have no such costs." Sheesh. The stuff would almost write itself.
When Canada switched to Single Payer, the bill to do so was eight pages long. How much of the 2,000 pages of the PPACA do you think were special carveouts for the corporate masters?
As far as my comment being "delusional", I can only point out that the man actually said it. I'm being criticized for taking Obama at his word?
Face it, Scott. He's another defender of the oligarchy. Comcast CEO to head FCC, health insurance lobbyists in the so-called healthcare reform effort, etc. sic nauseum. The cost of medical care REMAINS the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in this country even after the PPACA. That is an abomination. No one should ever lose their home because a family member got sick. No federal legislation should have ever passed that mandated every citizen to participate (and add to the profits of) the industry responsible for that reality.
For five years I worked in the health insurance industry. It is corrupt to its core. Even if I give Obama credit for wanting to reform it (in spite of all evidence to the contrary, mind you), I *know* it cannot be reformed. It is as rotten as anything Goldman Sachs has ever come up with. If he were a Progressive and realized how corrupt Washington is, he'd know he had to appeal to the corporate masters who are not involved in the healthcare scam that is the US health system. And that would be *easy*. "Honda, Mercedes, BMW, Toyota. None of them have to pay a profit to other companies to provide health care to their workers. Why should GM, Chrysler, Ford and Tesla? It's unfair to our corporations who have to put the costs of paying off Anthem, Wellpoint, Humana and all the rest into the cost of producing their products while their competitors have no such costs." Sheesh. The stuff would almost write itself.
When Canada switched to Single Payer, the bill to do so was eight pages long. How much of the 2,000 pages of the PPACA do you think were special carveouts for the corporate masters?
As far as my comment being "delusional", I can only point out that the man actually said it. I'm being criticized for taking Obama at his word?