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Dem Congressman On
Health Bill: Insurance Companies Are "Holding Hostages"
"There’s a difference between compromise
and surrender"
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Democratic Congressman has stated that he will refuse to vote
yes on the pending health care reform bill, declaring that the
legislation represents a vastly bloated giveaway to insurance
companies and big pharma.
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) asserts that the Senate bill bankrolls
the very companies that president Obama says are taking advantage
of the American people.
“We’ve paid the ransom, but at the end of the day
the insurance companies are still holding the hostages,’’
Lynch said in an interview with The
Boston Globe yesterday.
“This is a very good bill for insurance companies and
pharmaceutical companies. It might be good for Nebraska, I don’t
know. Or Florida residents. But it’s not good for the
average American, and it’s not good for my district. Or
for Massachusetts.’’ Lynch added.
“The insurers still rule,” Lynch said. “Were
just pumping subsidies into the current system, but that won’t
drive down costs.”
The Congressman says he also opposes the way in which the House
Democrats intend to pass the legislation, bypassing a traditional
vote and opting for the so called Slaughter rule of "Deem
and Pass".
Lynch,
has said that the parliamentary move would be “disingenuous”
and would fundamentally harm the credibility of Congress.
He added that the move “may be unconstitutional.”
“It’s a stretch,” Lynch said. “I think
it hurts our credibility to try to pull a prank like that. We
should stand up and tell voters where we stand.”
As we reported yesterday, president
Obama glossed over questions surrounding the process,
stating "I don't spend a lot of time worrying about what
the procedural rules are in the House or the Senate."
Unlike his Democratic colleague from Ohio, Dennis Kucinich,
Lynch
has stuck to his guns despite a meeting with Obama.
"The president was courteous and generous with his time,"
Lynch said. "The president asked me if there was anything
he could do that I should tell him, and I told him, 'I have
been over this bill and I still wasn't satisfied.' "
"I continue to be opposed to the bill," he said.
Kucinich had
said he opposed the bill, citing the exact same
points as Lynch, however, a 40 minute jaunt on board Airforce
One with the president, in addition to veiled threats directed
his way by Obama swayed
Kucinich to change his mind.
“There doesn’t appear to be any way to put reform
into this bill,” Lynch said. “It’s a very
poor bill.”
"If they put reform back in the health reform bill, that
would change my position," he told reporters yesterday.
When reminded yesterday of Senator Ted Kennedy’s advice
to not let the “perfect be the enemy of the good,’’
Lynch told reporters: “There’s a difference between
compromise and surrender, right? And this is a complete surrender
of all the things that people thought were important to health
care reform.’’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team, as well
as Obama himself are intensely lobbying individual representatives
before Sunday’s anticipated vote as they seek to win the
216 votes needed to pass the measure. According
to reports, the Democrats are still six votes short.
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