Will Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) muster what is needed to make sure a viable Public Option (PO) makes it into the final Senate bill as he helps to bring both the Senate Finance Committee’s bill and the Senates Health committee’s bill together?
Democrats across the country are worried that congress will favor insurance companies over citizens because of the lackadaisical words they hear coming from the Democratic leadership in DC including those from President Obama.
While some of us got to watch on C-SPAN the full Senate Finance committee’s discussions and vote which ultimately passed by a 14-9 vote, we will not know what is currently taking place behind the closed doors where the two Senate bills are currently be consolidated by Democrats with Senator Reid at the wheel.
Just as we never got to watch the so called gang of six (3 republicans and 3 democrats) from the Senate finance committee craft there bill to bring to the full Senate Finance committee for a vote, we will not know if the final Senate bill will include the Public Option that is needed to drive the costs of premiums down through competition until Senator Reid and the others present a bill.
There are two recent polls that hopefully Sen. Reid has been made aware of.
First a recent poll in the Las Vegas Review-Journal showed that Senator Reid is behind in the Nevada polls by both current front runners from the Republican party.
The second poll that Reid should be made aware of is that the majority of Nevada’s citizens favor a Public Option. And if a Public Option is included in a bill that ends up on the President’s desk for his signature, Sen. Reid should have a decent chance of beating any republican opponent.
If congress votes in favor of the insurance companies over American citizens, you can be sure that just like an elephant voters will remember on Election Day.
A new ad broke today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) that targets Senator Reid and the need for a viable Public Option in any health care reform bill. .
Watch it: "Is Harry Reid Strong Enough?"
Comments
What poll shows Nevadans favor a public option???
To: Double J
Research 2000 from September 2009, if you watch the video or click the link in the story you would find the answer to your question...
And just so you know 70 percent of the country favors a Public Option because they want to see lower rates that are created with competition...
But on the up side 30 percent of the country want to continue to see there insurance rates increasing each and every year so insurance companies can make more money off of them...True patriots I say...Kill the insurance companies, kill the world...
Then were would we be...
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