Conservative Wanderer

“A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill.” — Ronald Wilson Reagan

One Small Victory Against ObamaCare

It may only be a small part of one of the competing ObamaCare bills, but it’s a victory nonetheless, and I’ll take my victories where and when they occur:

WASHINGTON—The Senate Finance Committee rejected amendments Tuesday that would add a government-run health-insurance plan to the committee’s health-care legislation, but debate over whether to adopt a public plan isn’t expected to end at the committee.

By a 15-8 vote, the committee rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D., W.Va.), that would create a public health-insurance option. Under Mr. Rockefeller’s amendment, a government-run plan would inherit Medicare’s network of doctors and hospitals and pay them based on Medicare payment rates for its first two years.

All Republicans on the panel voted against Mr. Rockefeller’s amendment, in addition to five Democrats: Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus of Montana, Bill Nelson of Florida, Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Thomas Carper of Delaware.

A similar amendment that would create a public plan, but that would pay doctors and hospitals at negotiated rates rather than Medicare rates, was offered by Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.). It failed by a 13-10 vote, with Messrs. Nelson and Carper voting in favor of it.

Note, please, the GOP did not and does not have the votes to defeat either of these amendments… this is Democrats voting against amendments offered by other Democrats.

In other words, we have an ongoing fight within the Democratic party about this… and that’s gotta be good news for those of us who want this ObamaCare monstrocity defeated!

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  • wapiti307

    Oh no, but it’s all part of a vast “right-wing conspiracy”! Yeah, right. That’s why so-called “moderate” Democrats are not for the public health care “option” (government-run health care).

    To all of the leftist wackadoos and all of the people who accuse “evoh Wepubwickans” of being obstructionists: Who are you going to blame now? You can’t blame the Republicans because they aren’t the ones who have a “super majority” in the U.S. Congress.

    Oh wait, leftist kooks could try to blame the right-wing, evil, murdering, racist Americans who don’t want government-run health care. However, those who don’t want government-run health care make up all political affiliations, are conservative, liberal and “progressive”; include both genders, every age group and all races. Hey, but if you’re a leftist weirdo, don’t let the facts stand in the way, right?

    It seems to me that the only ones who want government-run health care are those who have an entitlement mentality, people who stand to make a bundle of money from a government-run system (yes, that will exist), Marxists and far-gone leftist nut cases, who incidentally make up a small minority of individuals.