Geez will this guy ever get over Blogging about Health Care Reform???

The answer to that question is...not soon.  Today the Senate passed part of the health care reform bill.  The vote was 60-40.  No Republicans voted for it and no Democrats voted against.  So where do I start my Rant?  There is so much to Rant about, I don't even know where to begin.

I will begin with the fact that the vote was completely along party lines.  To me that means that there are no statesmen in the Senate.  It would seem that at least one Republican would find merit in the bill and at least one Democrat would feel it was wrong.  Nope, I guess not.  The Republicans were all against the Dems all for.  So evidently no one has to think about a measure being considered.  All that has to be done is to find out if the party one belongs to is for or against a measure and then vote the party line.

That is so wrong so many ways.  I believe, correct me if I am wrong, but we the people voted for individuals that more or less mirrored our philosophies.  It is an unfortunate turn of events that made it impossible for people other than those in the Big 2 to run for office.  Oh they can run, but  there is no money to fund their campaigns.  While the Big 2 are funded by PAC's.  Which is another name for Lobbyists.  Both parties are funded by the same PAC's even!  I get sick just thinking about it!

By the time a politician gets enough recognition to be considered for national office he is 'owned' by several groups.  Not one of these groups have the interests of us, US (thank you, Paul Harvey) in mind.  It would be impossible for them to not give much consideration to what the people funding the PAC desired.  Money just works that way.  I suspect that even I would succumb the the temptation.  I would rationalize that the people that 'voted' me in wanted me to vote that way.  The money had nothing to do with it.  Yeah, Right...sure.

That's Rant #1.  I hate it that our politicians are bought and paid for.  It makes my blood boil.

The fact that the vote was completely along party lines indicates to me that our politicians are just Party puppets.  The Party (and I do not care which party one considers correct) pulls the strings and the politicians all jump.  Folks, there is absolutely NO THINKING going on in either our Senate or our House!  None, Nada, Zilch.  No one has to think they only have to do as they are told!  We are wasting the money spent to pay the Congress' wages!  It is being spent for no result.  I cannot believe that All the Republicans would be against Health Care Reform, than I can believe that all Democrats are for it.  I have never seen a group of people that all believed one way.  Every group has dissenters.  Except it seems our House and Senate, which follow the Party Line.  Like I said Puppets...wasted money...wasted time.

That is Rant#2.

I am not even sure I want to get started on Rant#3!  Which would be the watered down Health Care Reform bill.  If there was going to be Health Care Reform in America, it needs to be Bold.  It needs to tread where angels fear to tread.  It needs to be something completely different than what is happening in America today.  We are still a long way from knowing what this bill will contain.  No matter that today the Democrats and Mr Obama were hollering 'Victory', the actual effect on reforming Health care in totally unknown.  There are indications yes, but nothing is for sure right now.  My best guess is that after the smoke clears the insurance companies will have windfall profits at the expense of us, US.  Yes, I know that is cynical.  But realize I have lived through Mr Bush helping Senior Citizens with Prescription Costs by instigating Medicare Part D.  You know, where one gets to keep on paying premiums to the insurance companies while in the 'donut hole' where nothing is covered.  That, folks, is how the Government helps. It helps mostly the ones that pay the PAC's.  I have no faith left that this will be much different when all is said and done.  When it comes to Health Care in America the first question asked when one needs medical attention will be, 'How is this being paid?'  We still will not have coordinated health care.  There will continue to be a line up of Health Care Providers more interested in getting paid than in providing the patient with the care needed. In other words, more of the same only more costly.  Whether on not this bill is passed Health Care Reform is Not going to Happen.  Once again we have been screwed.  But then I never thought that we wouldn't be, we (US) have traveled a long way  the wrong way.

 I am not talking Conservative or Liberal here, not red or blue, nor Right or Left.  That is not the real problem.  We keep voting in politicians who owe someone big time.  That someone is not us (US).  My son-in- law believes we should vote out All of the incumbents. We need fresh people in Congress.  I agree with that idea. Some would say ''Then nothing would get done'.  I am not sure that would be a Bad Idea, looking at what has been accomplished lately. His idea is that We need to take our Country back from the PAC's.  I agree, we should do just that.  Perhaps then we would be free from our puppeteers.  Perhaps we could be elect statesmen rather than just Party Puppets.