Frankly, the President would do better to declare that effective reform isn't possible in this political climate, campaign against the Republicans' lies and obstructionism, and request, in light of the current employment crisis, a "temporary" or "emergency" expansion of Medicare and increased Medicare funding.

Many or most insurers will find this not profitable. Separate papewrwork? Etc. What a crock.

This attack on women's rights makes me want to throw up.  The Hyde amendment has been around a while and needs to get congressional approval every year, as it forbids federal funds used for abortions.

At least there is a possibility that at some point Hyde could be challenged, as it has to be reinstated every year. But our current disgusting congress had to make the Hyde amendment even more draconian.

Stupak appears more as a Representative of the Council of Catholic Bishops rather than of his Democratic constituents and the rest of the country,& has made abortion all but impossible except for the well off and connected.  Chipping away at women's rights after decades of struggles for womenn's rights to equal protection and freedom of choice.

Both parties have decided to tell women what they can do about their medical and moral choices and glibly deprive women of their inalienable rights.

 And not a whimper from all the House women Reps
and Senators. Silence. A few whimpers. So both men and women politicians are hypocritical about their phony stances on women's rights.

Now I hear Representative Maxine Waters of California is willing to "get this through" inspite of this hit on women.

The thing parading as healthcare reform is as sickening as the performances by Congress along with Obama's pretenses that Lo! by 2014 this piece of crap will "reform healthcare".

It depends what the meaning of "it" is.

It comes down to the fact that anything that improves the situation for American health care customers must, by definition, cut into industry profits.

But this game was changed behind our backs from the onset when Team Obama made their deals with the Insurance and Drug monopolies. Promises? No public option. No importation of drugs. No patents releasing generics into the drug marketplace. 80 billion over ten years to be given by drug giants.  This is a seetheart deal when drug profits last year were over 77 billion.

No government bargaining for lower drug prices for Medicare. We were totally screwed or don't you get it?

The promise: Not to advertise against Obama's bill... and who knows what else in donations for reelection, etc.   Certainly some more goodies.

The construction of  over unexplained 2700 pages is a failure unto itself, but how about not saying a word as Obama sat on his hands instead of explaining it and fighting for it as he sought political cover?

And the near oblivion and disconnect about  failed and miniscule mortgage relief, employment stimulus, and absence of creative and emergency measures  to do more for those suffering from
unemployment and foreclosure? And the Banks laughing at Obama and us as they stole more of our money and handed themselves huge rewards for failing.  Where's the Commission to oversee these bastards and set and control the limits?

Lectures aren't gonna do it, nor will laws unless there is a really effective Commission to enforce restrictions.

There has been an obvious failure of vision and imagination, and a tone deaf reaction to our current emergencies.