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You might have seen this week a stunning demonstration of political condescension on the health care front. In remarks at the 2010 Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of controversy.”
This revealing comment reinforces a patriarchal (or in Pelosi’s case matriarchal) attitude Congress has taken with the American public: What lurks within the House and Senate health care bills will be revealed in the fullness of time, and it’s really good for us if we only knew better.
Ordinary Americans have had a common-sense resistance to Washington’s feverish attempt to overhaul one-sixth of the U.S. economy. But Congressional leadership has ignored the public’s concerns and instead clung to the idea that if they simply ram the bill through the legislative process — using unprecedented tactical maneuvers that may not even pass the parliamentarian’s smell test—Americans will finally understand and embrace ObamaCare.
When it’s law, then Americans can finally grasp the “goodness” of what’s in the 2,700-plus-page Senate bill, which is the most likely legislative vehicle that Congress will push to President Barack Obama’s desk. The problem for Pelosi and congressional Democrats is that Americans have been reading these bills, and they don’t like what they’re reading.
This whole dynamic helps explain why Obama and congressional leadership are insistent on another artificial deadline of March 18 for final passage of ObamaCare. They know that members of Congress, particularly those in the House, could see another wave of townhall protests when they go on a two-week recess starting March 26. That’s because the American people do know what’s in these bills. Popular discussion and debate—that “fog of controversy”—has helped to enlighten them.
35 Responses to “Video of the Week: “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it””
J.C. Hughes, Texas on March 10th, 2010 at 4:06pm said:
Dang! You’d think we were reliving 1930’s Germany, Soviet propagandist, Chicago’s Al Capone or FDR’s big government takeover. “Trust us”? Use economic aches to promise the masses bread in exchange for their total cooperation and/or subjugation. Yea, right!
J.C. Hughes, Texas on March 10th, 2010 at 4:13pm said:
PS: Don’t sell your soul to the devil. Any gain is always short lived.
Alex, Washington DC on March 10th, 2010 at 5:03pm said:
I might be completely out on a limb, but perhaps it would be a better to first figure out what’s in this bill before we go about passing it.
This statement could really hurt the Democrats in trying to jam it through with the Nuclear option.
Bill Warren Pass Christian, MS on March 10th, 2010 at 6:14pm said:
Freedom in not free. Our history shows eternal vigilance and blood have kept us free to this point. There appears a collective insanity is sweeping through the country and the democrats and progressives are in the lead. I hope we have time to curb their hubris before we are bankrupt – financially, morally and spiritually.
BackwardAmerica on March 10th, 2010 at 7:26pm said:
Nancy Pelosi is an idiot. Pure and simple.
S Mack, Virginia on March 10th, 2010 at 7:34pm said:
This is uncalled for. To think she can come out and spew this and yet the elected thugs still support it. Does this NOT wake up ALL Americans to what is going on? Where are the Republicans…oh thats right..RHINOS. So, we have 545 idiots and if one thinks it is just the dem take over..think again. America is toast unless We The People take an immediate stand! Save the Republic and God save America.
Sorry for any offense of the truth, but Nancy Pelosi, you are deranged. You and the rest of the government health care pushers are out to lunch. Mr. Obama you are definitely included. Nothing this government does or says will ever be trusted by the good people of America. None of you, are any of us.
By the way, I have land to sell, send me ONLY one billion dollars and I’ll send you the deed. SOLD AS IS. You need it. Buy it or I’ll shove it down your throat.
Reaction to your violent speak. I’m generations younger then you and much more of a lady.
Space, Bisbee, Az on March 10th, 2010 at 8:08pm said:
Excuse me but, WHO WORKS FOR WHO? Whats wrong with California, and why do they keep this Botox Queen in office? It is time we take our Government back,away from Corporate America and Union influences. This bill was a bad idea from the start,and NOT the way to approach the problem. If they try to ram this down our throats, lets return the favor and charge them with Treason against the Constitution they swore to protect and abide by.
John B. San Diego on March 10th, 2010 at 8:23pm said:
Tell you what; Speaker Pelosi doesn’t know what is in this bill. Her staff might know We Americans don’t get to see what’s in this bill until we Americans have decided to re-elect Obama or kick him out. Why except for election purposes would we have to wait and see what happens to our health system? Oh yeah, we get to purchase health before we enjoy it years later; what a bunch of oh never mind!
This show just how Pelosi mind work. She really thinks we, the people, are very stupid, and will fall for what ever she say.
Hannah, Texas on March 11th, 2010 at 12:16am said:
Excellent article! Provides a concise and coherent explanation of the current dissatisfaction with ObamaCare. Pelosi’s comment defies common sense and appropriate parliamentary procedures.
May Palmer, Lynnwood, Washington U.S.A. on March 11th, 2010 at 12:21am said:
She does ‘Stand Up’ on the weekends, right?? Tell me this woman isn’t REALLY an Elected Official??
Virginia Lloyd-Butterfield, Visalia CA on March 11th, 2010 at 9:52am said:
We MUST NOT pass this bill as it is not what we will help the people but increase costs and not provide necessary health care reform that we want..
Dan, Philadelphia on March 11th, 2010 at 9:58am said:
What’s in the rest of the talk? What else did she have to say?
Wes Ostrom, Spokane, WA on March 11th, 2010 at 10:10am said:
This woman is either on drugs, or has had her face pulled so tight her brain doesn’t work!
Jeanne Stotler,Woodbridge, Va on March 11th, 2010 at 10:15am said:
Has all the botox fried her brain?? This woman is sounding more rediculous as time goes by, maybe she is in early stages of dementia, she surely does not make sense/
Drew Page, IL on March 11th, 2010 at 10:57am said:
Today, we are once again being told that the Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to make yet another attempt to convince reluctant Democrats to vote for the Senate health care reform bill. I believe it is being held behind closed doors again for the same reason they did it the first time. I believe they do not wish the American public to see the tactics they will use to get the votes necessary. I believe that bribery will again be employed by Democrat leadership, using as yet unspent TARP and Stimulus money to fund the bribes that will be offered.
They will tell us that covering an additional 30 million or more people will reduce health care costs. They say the savings will come from finding “efficiencies” in in the delivery of Medicare and Medicaid. If there are “efficiencies” to be found in the delivery of these government programs, why can’t they be defined and addressed right now? Why do we have to wait for the Senate health care reform bill first? I suspect that the reason these “efficiencies” aren’t described here and now is because they involve paying the doctors and hospitals even less than they get paid today.
President Obama tells us that the Health Care Reform bill will not cover illegal aliens. Does anyone seriously doubt that once this bill is passed that his next immediate step will be to grant amnesty to all illegal aliens? The amnesty for illegal aliens will be labeled “Immigration Reform” and will involve giving aliens new tamper-proof photo identity cards replete with finger prints and DNA samples. Then all the illegals will be, by a stroke of a pen, legal AND covered for health care.
Every time Mr. Obama comes up with another “REFORM” he puts the country further and further into debt. It is very clear that his confederates in the House and Senate do not care at all how much all of these reforms will cost U.S. taxpayers. They have cleverly exempted themselves from the health plans they have in mind for the rest of America, just as they have exempted themselves from Social Security, so that they may collect fat pensions of 80% of their former income.
Of course those who have no health insurance will support the Reform bill and will be very happy to have the rest of us paying for their health care. I am sure that there are millions here in the U.S. that would be happy to have the rest of us pay for everything else they want. There are those in this country who believe that health care is a right, because it is a need. Well, you only NEED health care if you are sick or hurt. Food, shelter, clothing, utilities (heat, light, water, etc) and the income to pay for them are NEEDED everyday. So if health care is a right, so too are all the other necessities of life. And if all these “rights” are to be furnished by the government, where does the money come from to pay for all this? Why should anyone work to support themselves when there is a government to do it? Why would businesses continue to operate if they are forebidden to make a profit? When businesses are taxed out of existence, there will be no jobs, no money for taxes or anything else. Now where does the government get the money needed to pay for all those “rights” we have to all the necessities of life?
I am very afraid that the politicians in this country who continue to promise to provide everything people want, just to get their votes, will bankrupt our country ruin it.
Ben C. Ann Arbor, MI on March 11th, 2010 at 4:43pm said:
Drew – we are bankrupt. Its just that its not the end of the month and the invoice hasn’t arrived. When it does its going to get ugly.
Victoria Maine on March 11th, 2010 at 8:12pm said:
HMMM…. So you want to buy some swamp land in Maine?? I ‘m checking to see if Nancy has her realtor’s license. Unless organized crime syndicates snap her up first.
The American Medical System is the third leading cause of death in the United States… right behind heart disease and cancer… and now we have to pass the bill just to see what’s in it? When I thought that universal health care might be a good thing I was accounting for reform of the entire system from the FDA, right down through the back pockets of giant pharmaceutical conglomerates to the over-priced technology and the piles of hazardous waste… but obviously politicians had different earmarks in mind.
Carol H. Iossa, Jonesport, ME on March 12th, 2010 at 4:50pm said:
This is such a shuck a jive. It’s going to raise taxes before any benefits are seen, preexisting conditions will be eliminated, among other things. It’s time to take back our country. To quote Ray Stevens: “You vote Obama , we want you out of there”. Let’s vote theall out. I see that Democrats are dropping like dead flys in jusabout every election. Including Mass., which is usually a Demoatic state.
Speaker Pelosi…you work for the American people. You get your obamacare bill written and finalized and on the internet for five days for Americans to read! Do you understand this demand? And Americans to not want you changing the final bill to please yourself….we want to see the final bill you are voting on. Now do you think you are capable of that?
Viva la Revolucion on March 13th, 2010 at 7:44pm said:
She should be the first one dragged through the streets naked and bloodied in the first salvo of the second american revolution: every one else in govt. should be a close second.
Anita Chateau California on March 15th, 2010 at 11:42am said:
Trust Me the Bill is GARBAGE!!!!!!!!! Does Obama, Pelosi and Reid listen to the people? Trust me they don’t!!!! Recall them all, Trust me that is what the people want!!!
pelosi has no right to push the healthcare bill ……the congress should be working on jobs and improving the economy . healthcare is only a ploy for power and pelosi doesn’t get a crap what is in it because it is only a power ploy………..once the control of the economy is in te hands of the morons in wash dc we are all in big trouble.
George Danz, Suffolk VA on March 15th, 2010 at 10:53pm said:
First of all, the health care legislation is NOT at all about health care for Americans. I don’t think it is even about power, as FOX news constantly reminds us although that may be a side benefit for the Marxists in our government.
It is strictly about money; finances. There are a slew of states that are now bankrupt because THEY tried to be like the Federal Government, forgetting that they didn’t own a printing press to knock out dollars. The health care bill is so expensive that the only place all that money can go is to pay down the obligations of the states which simply can’t spend what they don’t have for very long.
ken garlock minneola fl on March 16th, 2010 at 5:23pm said:
track record vs urban legend and money fm abusive illegal health care fraud artists: first fact;
. 37 countries tried this system, first invented by the original republican party of usa,, they cut their costs 50% from what they had, which was the healthcare insurance racketeers,, increased life times 10%
50% savings, 10% better, no brainer,, track record
urban legand, ..it will decrease your life expectancy `10 % and increase your costs 50%,,,this urban legend now espoused by am foghorns and one billion dollars of health care money,,loose pocket change for the industry.
fact ,,, all the republicans now opposed to the health care bill, were according to the documented records ,, all for the bill. before they were against the bill.
fact ,, if the bill does not control the health care insurance racket,, costs will go up 150 % over 3 yrs,, according to the insurance industry itself,, forcing most employers to drop it for 100% of the workers, or retirees or children now covered.
sandy garlock minneola fl on March 16th, 2010 at 5:34pm said:
urban legend has it that the bill requires abortion and death squads financed by the taxpayer.
the reality is there is an anti abortion page in the bill now in exhistance prohibiting abortion for any but life saving purposes.
the death squad bill urban legend trick is done by reading the page and the paragraph stating the patient chooses what they want from all five options, and purposlyeliminating reading the words” patient choice”. thus making it sound hospital institution decision manditory. it doesnt.
it does not say manditory decision from a minimim wage civil servant, it says choice, and choice of patient…not insurance salesman, not insurance bill collector, not insurance industry bookeeper accountant..
it says patient choice.patient choice only.
prohibits manditory or voluntaary abortion.,,prohibits means refuses it,, this means no no. read it before you come after me.
Bruce Baker Lawrence Ma. 01841 on March 19th, 2010 at 9:57pm said:
PS. TEDDY KENNEDY WANTED HEALTH CARE , BUT NOT THIS KIND. LET THE MAN REST IN PEACE , THIS IS NOT WHAT HE WANTED. AND MR OBAMA PLEASE DONT TAKE HIS NAME IN VAIN. A LOT OF PEOPLE DID LIKE THE MAN, WE ALL HAVE OUR FAULTS.
Stupid Pelosi takes us all for fools. on April 3rd, 2010 at 5:37pm said:
Really? We have to pass a bill to find out what’s in it? That’s just as stupid as signing a contract to find out what’s in it. To be withheld information until AFTER singing a contract or passing a bill is just a shady unethical practice that only a numb-minded fool would fall for.
well that isnt all true the real coment was “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy” there is a HUGE diffrence between what is quoted and what was really said. She was referring to passing it so that the people can find out what is in it without the crap the the democrats and repblicans throw into peoples heads.
Pelosi’s statement is as bad as we are making it out to be: Pelosi is telling us that we can trust Congress to pass a good bill, and we don’t have to worry our pretty little heads about it.
If it isn’t going to be controversial, let us know what’s going to be in it *before* it’s passed!
Micah, Massachusettes on July 21st, 2010 at 11:03am said:
She was saying that they need to pass the bill so that the Public can find out what’s actually going to happen. She says this because it’s impossible to cut through the CONSERVATIVE LIE MACHINE that tries to block anything helpful to the majority of Americans.
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35 Responses to “Video of the Week: “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it””
J.C. Hughes, Texas on March 10th, 2010 at 4:06pm said:
Dang! You’d think we were reliving 1930’s Germany, Soviet propagandist, Chicago’s Al Capone or FDR’s big government takeover. “Trust us”? Use economic aches to promise the masses bread in exchange for their total cooperation and/or subjugation. Yea, right!
J.C. Hughes, Texas on March 10th, 2010 at 4:13pm said:
PS: Don’t sell your soul to the devil. Any gain is always short lived.
Alex, Washington DC on March 10th, 2010 at 5:03pm said:
I might be completely out on a limb, but perhaps it would be a better to first figure out what’s in this bill before we go about passing it.
This statement could really hurt the Democrats in trying to jam it through with the Nuclear option.
Bill Warren Pass Christian, MS on March 10th, 2010 at 6:14pm said:
Freedom in not free. Our history shows eternal vigilance and blood have kept us free to this point. There appears a collective insanity is sweeping through the country and the democrats and progressives are in the lead. I hope we have time to curb their hubris before we are bankrupt – financially, morally and spiritually.
BackwardAmerica on March 10th, 2010 at 7:26pm said:
Nancy Pelosi is an idiot. Pure and simple.
S Mack, Virginia on March 10th, 2010 at 7:34pm said:
This is uncalled for. To think she can come out and spew this and yet the elected thugs still support it. Does this NOT wake up ALL Americans to what is going on? Where are the Republicans…oh thats right..RHINOS. So, we have 545 idiots and if one thinks it is just the dem take over..think again. America is toast unless We The People take an immediate stand! Save the Republic and God save America.
Billie on March 10th, 2010 at 7:53pm said:
Sorry for any offense of the truth, but Nancy Pelosi, you are deranged. You and the rest of the government health care pushers are out to lunch. Mr. Obama you are definitely included. Nothing this government does or says will ever be trusted by the good people of America. None of you, are any of us.
By the way, I have land to sell, send me ONLY one billion dollars and I’ll send you the deed. SOLD AS IS. You need it. Buy it or I’ll shove it down your throat.
Reaction to your violent speak. I’m generations younger then you and much more
of a lady.
Space, Bisbee, Az on March 10th, 2010 at 8:08pm said:
Excuse me but, WHO WORKS FOR WHO? Whats wrong with California, and why do they keep this Botox Queen in office? It is time we take our Government back,away from Corporate America and Union influences. This bill was a bad idea from the start,and NOT the way to approach the problem. If they try to ram this down our throats, lets return the favor and charge them with Treason against the Constitution they swore to protect and abide by.
John B. San Diego on March 10th, 2010 at 8:23pm said:
Tell you what; Speaker Pelosi doesn’t know what is in this bill.
Her staff might know
We Americans don’t get to see what’s in this bill until we Americans have decided to re-elect Obama or kick him out.
Why except for election purposes would we have to wait and see what happens to our health system? Oh yeah, we get to purchase health before we enjoy it years later; what a bunch of oh never mind!
Ken on March 10th, 2010 at 9:03pm said:
This show just how Pelosi mind work. She really thinks we, the people, are very stupid, and will fall for what ever she say.
Hannah, Texas on March 11th, 2010 at 12:16am said:
Excellent article! Provides a concise and coherent explanation of the current dissatisfaction with ObamaCare. Pelosi’s comment defies common sense and appropriate parliamentary procedures.
May Palmer, Lynnwood, Washington U.S.A. on March 11th, 2010 at 12:21am said:
She does ‘Stand Up’ on the weekends, right?? Tell me this woman isn’t REALLY an Elected Official??
Virginia Lloyd-Butterfield, Visalia CA on March 11th, 2010 at 9:52am said:
We MUST NOT pass this bill as it is not what we will help the people but increase costs and not provide necessary health care reform that we want..
Dan, Philadelphia on March 11th, 2010 at 9:58am said:
What’s in the rest of the talk? What else did she have to say?
Wes Ostrom, Spokane, WA on March 11th, 2010 at 10:10am said:
This woman is either on drugs, or has had her face pulled so tight her brain doesn’t work!
Jeanne Stotler,Woodbridge, Va on March 11th, 2010 at 10:15am said:
Has all the botox fried her brain?? This woman is sounding more rediculous as time goes by, maybe she is in early stages of dementia, she surely does not make sense/
Drew Page, IL on March 11th, 2010 at 10:57am said:
Today, we are once again being told that the Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to make yet another attempt to convince reluctant Democrats to vote for the Senate health care reform bill. I believe it is being held behind closed doors again for the same reason they did it the first time. I believe they do not wish the American public to see the tactics they will use to get the votes necessary. I believe that bribery will again be employed by Democrat leadership, using as yet unspent TARP and Stimulus money to fund the bribes that will be offered.
They will tell us that covering an additional 30 million or more people will reduce health care costs. They say the savings will come from finding “efficiencies” in in the delivery of Medicare and Medicaid. If there are “efficiencies” to be found in the delivery of these government programs, why can’t they be defined and addressed right now? Why do we have to wait for the Senate health care reform bill first? I suspect that the reason these “efficiencies” aren’t described here and now is because they involve paying the doctors and hospitals even less than they get paid today.
President Obama tells us that the Health Care Reform bill will not cover illegal aliens. Does anyone seriously doubt that once this bill is passed that his next immediate step will be to grant amnesty to all illegal aliens? The amnesty for illegal aliens will be labeled “Immigration Reform” and will involve giving aliens new tamper-proof photo identity cards replete with finger prints and DNA samples. Then all the illegals will be, by a stroke of a pen, legal AND covered for health care.
Every time Mr. Obama comes up with another “REFORM” he puts the country further and further into debt. It is very clear that his confederates in the House and Senate do not care at all how much all of these reforms will cost U.S. taxpayers. They have cleverly exempted themselves from the health plans they have in mind for the rest of America, just as they have exempted themselves from Social Security, so that they may collect fat pensions of 80% of their former income.
Of course those who have no health insurance will support the Reform bill and will be very happy to have the rest of us paying for their health care. I am sure that there are millions here in the U.S. that would be happy to have the rest of us pay for everything else they want. There are those in this country who believe that health care is a right, because it is a need. Well, you only NEED health care if you are sick or hurt. Food, shelter, clothing, utilities (heat, light, water, etc) and the income to pay for them are NEEDED everyday. So if health care is a right, so too are all the other necessities of life. And if all these “rights” are to be furnished by the government, where does the money come from to pay for all this? Why should anyone work to support themselves when there is a government to do it? Why would businesses continue to operate if they are forebidden to make a profit? When businesses are taxed out of existence, there will be no jobs, no money for taxes or anything else. Now where does the government get the money needed to pay for all those “rights” we have to all the necessities of life?
I am very afraid that the politicians in this country who continue to promise to provide everything people want, just to get their votes, will bankrupt our country ruin it.
Ben C. Ann Arbor, MI on March 11th, 2010 at 4:43pm said:
Drew – we are bankrupt. Its just that its not the end of the month and the invoice hasn’t arrived. When it does its going to get ugly.
Victoria Maine on March 11th, 2010 at 8:12pm said:
HMMM…. So you want to buy some swamp land in Maine?? I ‘m checking to see if Nancy has her realtor’s license. Unless organized crime syndicates snap her up first.
Careful on March 11th, 2010 at 8:36pm said:
The American Medical System is the third leading cause of death in the United States… right behind heart disease and cancer… and now we have to pass the bill just to see what’s in it?
When I thought that universal health care might be a good thing I was accounting for reform of the entire system from the FDA, right down through the back pockets of giant pharmaceutical conglomerates to the over-priced technology and the piles of hazardous waste… but obviously politicians had different earmarks in mind.
Carol H. Iossa, Jonesport, ME on March 12th, 2010 at 4:50pm said:
This is such a shuck a jive. It’s going to raise taxes before any benefits are seen, preexisting conditions will be eliminated, among other things. It’s time to take back our country. To quote Ray Stevens: “You vote Obama , we want you out of there”. Let’s vote theall out. I see that Democrats are dropping like dead flys in jusabout every election. Including Mass., which is usually a Demoatic state.
mindy on March 13th, 2010 at 3:31pm said:
Speaker Pelosi…you work for the American people. You get your obamacare bill written and finalized and on the internet for five days for Americans to read! Do you understand this demand? And Americans to not want you changing the final bill to please yourself….we want to see the final bill you are voting on. Now do you think you are capable of that?
Viva la Revolucion on March 13th, 2010 at 7:44pm said:
She should be the first one dragged through the streets naked and bloodied in the first salvo of the second american revolution: every one else in govt. should be a close second.
Anita Chateau California on March 15th, 2010 at 11:42am said:
Trust Me the Bill is GARBAGE!!!!!!!!! Does Obama, Pelosi and Reid listen to the people? Trust me they don’t!!!! Recall them all, Trust me that is what the people want!!!
tim-penny on March 15th, 2010 at 12:33pm said:
pelosi has no right to push the healthcare bill ……the congress should be working on jobs and improving the economy . healthcare is only a ploy for power and pelosi doesn’t get a crap what is in it because it is only a power ploy………..once the control of the economy is in te hands of the morons in wash dc we are all in big trouble.
George Danz, Suffolk VA on March 15th, 2010 at 10:53pm said:
First of all, the health care legislation is NOT at all about health care for Americans. I don’t think it is even about power, as FOX news constantly reminds us although that may be a side benefit for the Marxists in our government.
It is strictly about money; finances. There are a slew of states that are now bankrupt because THEY tried to be like the Federal Government, forgetting that they didn’t own a printing press to knock out dollars. The health care bill is so expensive that the only place all that money can go is to pay down the obligations of the states which simply can’t spend what they don’t have for very long.
ken garlock minneola fl on March 16th, 2010 at 5:23pm said:
track record vs urban legend and money fm abusive illegal health care fraud artists:
first fact;
. 37 countries tried this system, first invented by the original republican party of usa,, they cut their costs 50% from what they had, which was the healthcare insurance racketeers,, increased life times 10%
50% savings, 10% better, no brainer,, track record
urban legand, ..it will decrease your life expectancy `10 % and increase your costs 50%,,,this urban legend now espoused by am foghorns and one billion dollars of health care money,,loose pocket change for the industry.
fact ,,, all the republicans now opposed to the health care bill, were according to the documented records ,, all for the bill. before they were against the bill.
fact ,, if the bill does not control the health care insurance racket,, costs will go up 150 % over 3 yrs,, according to the insurance industry itself,, forcing most employers to drop it for 100% of the workers, or retirees or children now covered.
sandy garlock minneola fl on March 16th, 2010 at 5:34pm said:
urban legend has it that the bill requires abortion and death squads financed by the taxpayer.
the reality is there is an anti abortion page in the bill now in exhistance prohibiting abortion for any but life saving purposes.
the death squad bill urban legend trick is done by reading the page and the paragraph stating the patient chooses what they want from all five options, and purposlyeliminating reading the words” patient choice”. thus making it sound hospital institution decision manditory. it doesnt.
it does not say manditory decision from a minimim wage civil servant, it says choice, and choice of patient…not insurance salesman, not insurance bill collector, not insurance industry bookeeper accountant..
it says patient choice.patient choice only.
prohibits manditory or voluntaary abortion.,,prohibits means refuses it,, this means no no.
read it before you come after me.
Bruce Baker Lawrence Ma. 01841 on March 19th, 2010 at 9:57pm said:
PS. TEDDY KENNEDY WANTED HEALTH CARE , BUT NOT THIS KIND. LET THE MAN REST IN PEACE , THIS IS NOT WHAT HE WANTED. AND MR OBAMA PLEASE DONT TAKE HIS NAME IN VAIN. A LOT OF PEOPLE DID LIKE THE MAN, WE ALL HAVE OUR FAULTS.
Beth, Pa on March 20th, 2010 at 1:01am said:
This healthcare bill is a recipe for disaster.
Stupid Pelosi takes us all for fools. on April 3rd, 2010 at 5:37pm said:
Really? We have to pass a bill to find out what’s in it? That’s just as stupid as signing a contract to find out what’s in it. To be withheld information until AFTER singing a contract or passing a bill is just a shady unethical practice that only a numb-minded fool would fall for.
Sam, vegas on April 14th, 2010 at 12:15pm said:
well that isnt all true the real coment was
“But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy”
there is a HUGE diffrence between what is quoted and what was really said. She was referring to passing it so that the people can find out what is in it without the crap the the democrats and repblicans throw into peoples heads.
Purpleguy on April 28th, 2010 at 9:15pm said:
Yeah for the Democratic Party, standing up to the wealthy and connected for the little guy !
Alphy, Provo on May 18th, 2010 at 2:01pm said:
@Sam, Vegas:
Pelosi’s statement is as bad as we are making it out to be: Pelosi is telling us that we can trust Congress to pass a good bill, and we don’t have to worry our pretty little heads about it.
If it isn’t going to be controversial, let us know what’s going to be in it *before* it’s passed!
Micah, Massachusettes on July 21st, 2010 at 11:03am said:
She was saying that they need to pass the bill so that the Public can find out what’s actually going to happen.
She says this because it’s impossible to cut through the CONSERVATIVE LIE MACHINE that tries to block anything helpful to the majority of Americans.