I don’t think death panels is an over the top description of what was in the takeover our lives bill.

Drat that media doing their jobs and reporting to the American people. Too bad it wasn’t the MSM, they touted the bill…it must be those dasterdly bloggers, and facebook, and twitter, and conservative talk show hosts and the American people reading the bill. Say goodbye Kent, your days are numbered just like Earl’s. Do the noble thing and follow in Bryon’s footsteps.

Reminds me of an old Frank and Earnest cartoon. They’re standing in a prison yard, and one says to the other, “I couldn’t get a fair trial! Too many people saw me do it!”

Conrad seems to be saying that too many people saw them “doing” health care to get it done.

“Use Senate reconciliation and expand Medicare via the Senate’s buy-in provisions. The CBO has already signed off on this as a means of saving money.

More importantly, if more Americans can do a buy-in with Medicare, it creates more cost control (because there’s a genuine “public option” competitor).

It also helps to solve the problems of pre-existing conditions, because Medicare does not deny coverage on this basis.

Allowing a Medicare buy-in to Americans under 65 would give people a genuine alternative to private insurance and thereby render the pre-existing question moot.

It would also lower Medicare costs by expanding the risk pool of patients (the great bulk of medical expenses are accounted for by a small number of people, mostly the elderly, requiring very expensive treatment).

And it would substantially enhance the global competitiveness of American corporations. After all, in what other country in the world is health care a marginal cost of production for business?” – Roosevelt Institute Marshall Auerback

re-reading his “snuck in” speech it occurs to me. Nothing this guy says is unscripted, do you think they intentionally put those pauses and repeated sentences onto his teleprompter to make it seem less “rehearsed” or “read off a screen” ? Could that explain the “Corpse”man fauxpaux? Are they in fact, trying to make him more likeable like GWB by bringing his speech down to “our level” or something?

Granted Bush sounded like an idiot when he said things like Nukular, but it did kind of make him seem less “snobby elitest”.

I would sign the petition lets get rid of him and clean house on all three, just the thought of recalling the loser have him pissing his pants. and would force him to spend some dorkens 4 mill

Call them what you want but the Independant Medicare Advisory Board which would make decisions on what kind of care would be provided based on statistics would come between a patient and his or her doctor.

I’ll be out of town on business from mid day Tuesday 3/30 through Wednesday 3/31. I’ll respond to email on Thursday 4/1.

“Who the hell elected this moron anyway???”

Other morons.

‘We’d have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids and their dog.”

So it’s not stealing if no one sees you do it? I’m really puzzled at how the citizens of this country keep electing trash like Conrad. Hopefully this past year and the current administration are going to be the wake-up call the country needs.

Conrad is as stupid as he is butt-ugly. You could drive a double-wide Ramcharger through the gaps in his brain cells.

Poor Conrad. Too much information getting out to too many people and ruining his plans.