Rep. Alan Grayson: HR 4789 and The Public Option – The Way Forward

the great Alan Grayson…

The House of Representatives is about to vote on a Senate bill without a public option. It looks like the reconciliation amendment will not have a public option. The House bill had a public option, but once the House passes the Senate bill, that’s history. Which is why I introduced H.R. 4789, the Public Option Act. This simple four-page bill lets any American buy into Medicare at cost. You want it, you pay for it, you’re in. It adds nothing to the deficit; you pay what it costs. Let’s face it. Health insurance companies charge as much money as possible, and they provide as little care as possible. The difference is called profit. You can’t blame them for it; that’s what a corporation does. Birds got to fly, fish got to swim, health insurers got to rip you off. And if you get really expensive, they’ve got to pull the plug on you. So for those of us who would like to stay alive, we need a public option

Grayson is the Democratic Congressman from Florida’s 8th congressional district. He’s the guy who layed into the Fed General Counsel Scott Alvarez
when he testified before congress .. we need at least about 300 more clones of Grayson in congress – mab .. read more

 

 

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