Lieberman supports Universal Healthcare - for Irish.
The following was sent the my Senators, I urge everyone to use whatever tactics you can conceive of to stiffen the backbone of the Democratic Caucus in the Senate to pass a ‘public option’ and make sure they understand there will be consequences for their spineless approach reaching all the way to the local level!
It is imperative that you and the Democratic party realize that Senator Lieberman has absolutely no interest in helping to pass a Health Care bill of any form, he has a history of speaking with a forked tongue. The following should be noted:
Leiberman and Irish Universal Healthcare
If Senator Lieberman is so antagonistic to Universal Healthcare then he should step forward and criticize Ireland for its healthcare system and sponsor a bill to REDUCE the Billions upon Billions of dollars we give to Ireland, which ends up indirectly subsidizing their healthcare. Any claim that the money we give to Ireland is for defense etc misses the point, if we didn’t give them untold Billions could they afford Universal Healthcare? If the Congress can pass a law to prohibit sex education and abortion in foreign aid then Leiberman et al should step forward and sponsor a bill to reduce aid to those countries with Universal Healthcare.
From the New England Journal of Medicine – Health Care Reform 2009
The Irish Healthcare system "involves universal entitlement to a set core of medical benefits that is based on medical conditions and indications, not on employment status, place of work, or the level of one’s mandated contributions to the system. Accordingly, the NHIL provides every Irish resident with a basic package of health care.
Dov Chernichovsky, Ph.D.
http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/...
This senatorial rodent has undermined progress long enough. It's time to call pest removal.
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