{news} Lieberman Reiterates Threat To Support GOP Filibuster

[vogel at ct.metrocast.net]

U.S. healthcare is the most expensive in the world, outcomes are only slightly better than Cuba's, a large fraction of the population is not covered. It is a major cause of personal and corporate bankruptcies. It is a drag on business. Since few jobs are secure now, no one should have to question the need for change.  Reasonable reform is important for the economy and the well being of everyone.



The insurance industry runs healthcare with obscene CEO compensation, profligate lobbying, massive political payoffs, and a large expensive bureaucracy. You have no way to know if your coverage is adequate until you make a claim.  They can drop you. But Senator Lieberman received Contributions from health & insurance interests of $3,308,621 so it is not surprising that he has reiterated his threat To support a GOP filibuster. 



Lieberman says "the public doesn't support the public option".  (A recent public opinion poll shows he is wrong. "More than three out of every four Americans feel it is important to have a "choice" between a government-run health care insurance option and private coverage,..." (Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/20/new-poll-77-percent-suppo_n_264375.html )



Makes you think that Connecticut needs the ability to recall its Congressmen.

Failing that, here is a petition to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "Any Democratic senators who support a Republican attempt to block a vote on health care reform should be stripped of their leadership titles. Americans deserve a clean up-or-down vote on health care."

Sign the petition at http://BoldProgressives.org/majorityvote





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