Dealing with the changes

I am a couple of days behind on this story. On November 2nd, reality hit Harry Reid:

we're not going to be bound by any timelines." "We need to do the best job we can for the American people," he said. "We want quality legislation, and we're going to do that.

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He went on to say:

We're going to do this legislation as expeditiously as we can, but we're going to do it as fairly as we can, also

Really? When did this happen? You could have saved a lot of words and just stated it simply. "We do not have enough votes" Am I the only one who wishes this health care debate was euthanized? Poll after Poll shows limited support for any bill in Congress. Pelosi and Reid see this as there time to shine. What happened to the Baucaus bill? And why has Rep. Grayson not helped the Republican's submit their plan that he talked about? I think the plan is great, because none of us want to die slow.

But yet the health care debate rages on. I predicted several months ago this would not pass before January. This is the one time I hope Harry Reid is correct. Until they really focus on making health care affordable, no bills should be voted on. The current bills are only adding more government control. The simple fact that you can be fined for not having insurance is not the country that I know.

What is wrong with tort reform? What is wrong with increasing market competition? How could we encourage pharm companies to be more cost effective? How much are medical companies paying for lobbyists every year? These are the true issues that our Congress should be focusing on. But I doubt it will happen. That is not what Washington D.C. wants. They only want further regulation and control of our lives. Personally, I am sick of it.

Just in case you don't see this on your network news. ( and you won't) Here is the text of the Republican bill.(pdf) Note it is only 219 pages. I think I can actually read this one.