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In reply to the discussion: By Ditching the Public Option, Obama Gave His Enemies a Path to the Supreme Court [View all]Better Believe It
(18,630 posts)If Obama had supported and fought for a public option I think a bill would have passed far more easily than this piece of crap because of public support for a public option and their general hatred for the health insurance industry racket.
Of course, the insurance industry and big pharma would have campaigned hard against a health care bill that actually helped people but one would expect a liberal President would challenge their power, something President Obama failed to do. Isn't that right?
Instead Wall Street lobbyists wrote a law supported by President Obama that should have been called "The Health Insurance Industry and Big Pharma Protection Act". That title gives a more accurate depiction of what that legislation is really all about.
It has nothing to do with providing decent health care to all people at a reasonable cost. The insurance industry doesn't provide any valuable service to health care. It's a useless and unnesssary middleman. The law mainly guarantees and protects the Wall Street stranglehold on our health care system at the expense of sick people.
Don't you agree?