Obamacare?

Actually, it's not Obamacare, It's Reid/Pelosi care. David Axelrod and Larry Summers went to Capitol Hill with the President's plan. It had bi-partisan support but Reid and Pelosi told Axelrod and Summers that the Congress would create health care "reform" by itself.

Many things the President proposed were good. The Reid/Pelosi cabal would have none of it. They felt they had the votes to do it their way without any outside interference from the President or the Republicans. As a result of deal making and vote buying like the "Louisiana Purchase" of Senator Landrieu and the "Cornhusker Kickback" to Senator Nelson, we now have this monstrosity of a "health care" bill that really doesn't reform health care like was promised. Instead this bill drives millions of Americans on to the insurance rolls against their will and plants a passionate and sloppy wet kiss on the bare backside of the insurance industry.

Where was the President in all this? He said true health care reform would have a strong public option. This doesn't. No threat of a veto. He said he was against the individual mandate. The individual mandate is there. Again, no threat of a veto. He was saying he wanted health care reform by June. Then August. Then before Christmas. Then by the first of the year. Then by the State of the Union. Yeah, right. He has been AWOL in the process. Part of the process is presidential leadership. He bowed to the Reid/Pelosi cabal and abdicated his leadership. It appears he prefers being the "professor" - a supporting small part player - instead of the President - the leader of this nation. So far, about the only thing the President appears capable of doing is reading a teleprompter. He's very good at that.

Where was Rahm Emmanuel in all of this? He was supposed to be the guy that goes to Capitol Hill and gets things done for the President. He was supposed to be a "pit bull" as the White House Chief of Staff. It appears the Reid/Pelosi cabal has quite easily rendered him little more than a neutered chihuahua.

While there are some good things in this bill, it must die. The first course of action is to enable competition between the insurance companies. End their anti-trust exemption. Televise the vote on C-Span. Anybody who votes against this will have to do so in front of the nation. We will, as the President said, know who is in the back pocket of this special interest.

The next step is allowing everyone to buy insurance across state lines. If the health plan I desire is cheaper and better in another state than what is offered in my state, I want to be able to buy that insurance. That is called competition. It has the effect of forcing insurance companies to lower their rates. Televise this on C-Span as well.

The next item is in the current bill: pre-existing conditions. Vote on it by itself. On C-Span. Apply the current bill's 130 percent limit on premium increase.

Last point: The President said that true health care reform would make insurance affordable for all. Know this: I am the sole arbiter of what I can or cannot afford. Not the President and most definitely not the Reid/Pelosi cabal.

The above actions cost the U.S. taxpayer nothing. Any representative who says otherwise will be declaring themselves to be a liar bought by this special interest.