"Health Care Reform" right now is a screw-job in the making

Universal health care without a public option is a monstrous waste of money. It's pouring a trillion dollars down a corrupt hole. How do we know this? Look at the current system. Look at what it costs for medical procedures. 30% of health care dollars don't go to health care, they go to health care administration (profit and overhead). Is this a system we want to pour one trillion dollars of our money into? Read on.

On Wednesday, they admitted to Congress their intention to continue the practice of "recission", meaning cancelling policies as soon as customers get sick.

....Late in the hearing, [Bart] Stupak, the committee chairman, put the executives on the spot. Stupak asked each of them whether he would at least commit his company to immediately stop rescissions except where they could show "intentional fraud."

The answer from all three executives: "No."

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said that a public insurance plan should be a part of any overhaul because it would force private companies to treat consumers fairly or risk losing them. "This is precisely why we need a public option," Dingell said.

It would seem a no-brainer that Obama would be able to pass his health care this year. Democrats control the House and control the Senate. Slam dunk.

Not so fast. The health care industry has bought off enough senators that passage of a fuzzy (ie: worthless) bill seems more and more of a reality.

Look at Max Baucus, Democratic chair of one of the two committees tasked with passing health care. He's being bought off to the tune of $1500 a day.

Not surprisingly, his Finance Committee has released a draft version of the bill and a public option is missing.

An NBC/WSJ poll finds:

76 percent of respondents said it was either "extremely" or "quite" important to "give people a choice of both a public plan administered by the federal government and a private plan for their health insurance."

But without the public stepping up, and the President stepping in and personally taking control of the matter, this will be a massive give-away to corporate health care.

Here are the top 10 recipients of health care bribes (ie: contributions) in the House and the Senate:

TOP 10 SENATE RECIPIENTS:
McCain, John (R-AZ) $251,834
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $200,200
Baucus, Max (D-MT) $183,750
Lieberman, Joe (I-CT) $101,400
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) $98,600
Collins, Susan (R-ME) $96,500
Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) $90,450
Warner, Mark (D-VA) $89,700
Hatch, Orrin (R-UT) $85,903
Nelson, Ben (D-NE) $83,300

TOP 10 HOUSE RECIPIENTS:
Cantor, Eric (R-VA) $113,850
Camp, Dave (R-MI) $112,923
Pomeroy, Earl (D-ND) $104,500
Boehner, John (R-OH) $101,200
Deal, Nathan (R-GA) $100,000
Towns, Edolphus (D-NY) $87,750
Rogers, Mike (R-AL) $74,000
Blunt, Roy (R-MO) $72,800
Ryan, Paul (R-WI) $69,000
Tanner, John (D-TN) $68,500

So when you hear these "leaders" talk about health care proposals, make sure you see it through the same set of bought-and-paid-for glasses that they do.

And Max Baucus? Watch Lee Stranahan's videos