Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was quoted in yesterday's The Hill saying the following:
Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), a member of Senate Democratic leadership and a key Hillary Clinton ally who also sits on the Finance Committee, said he is "not sure we have the big plan on healthcare."
"Healthcare I feel strongly about, but I am not sure that we're ready for a major national healthcare plan," Schumer said.
Schumer said he would focus "on prevention above all and cost cutting until we can get a national healthcare plan."
BTP over Rochester Turning had his own take on this.
More and better Dems, please. Call Schumer's office to tell him how much you love paying high health insurance premiums and co-pays so insurance & big pharma can reap record profits and pay huge executive bonuses. Or, if you want a healthcare plan that looks more like what he enjoys, tell him that.
It is hard how to read that because at first it sounds like Schumer doesn't think Americans are ready for a national health care program but then says that he would implement cost-cutting measures until we can get such a program.
I have been upset by a few things Schumer has done (Mukasey, anyone?) but could he be saying that Americans are not ready here? Or does he mean that Congress is not ready?
Americans ARE ready for it. So if that's what Schumer meant, I disagree with him and we should contact him and tell him so.
But if he meant Congress is not ready, I actually agree with that. They are not in the position now to pass such legislation, mainly because a Republican is president. That should change if Obama or Clinton becomes president. |
