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To me, this this seems like the pinnacle of naiveté to believe that the Dems even had a goal of trying to improve health care.  This has NOTHING to do with health care.  It has everything to do with power and control.

Trying to work with the Dems on this one is stupid.  There is no part of this bill that should be passed.  They have taken tort reform off the table, with Dean admitting it was because they were afraid to.  They want a $10 billion payoff to the unions.  They want to direct access to all your financial records.  And the list goes on and on…

If we want to “fix” health care, lets go a step at a time and start with tort reform.  When that one is in place and working, then we can look, carefully, at other things, but more than anything, we need to lower government restriction and let the free market work.  We need to get the system to stop covering illegal immigrants.

Glad you finally figured it out, Mike.

Mike Enzi (R-WY) has taken plenty of heat from his conservative constituents for attempting to hammer out a bipartisan health-care reform bill in the Senate.  However, Enzi appears frustrated not with Wyoming voters but with the Democrats on the other side of the table.  With just a few days left before Congress resumes work, Enzi blasted the Democrats for spending too much money and limiting patient choice, when what America needs is the exact opposite:

A leading GOP negotiator on health care struck a further blow to fading chances of a bipartisan compromise by saying Democratic proposals would restrict medical choices and make the country’s “finances sicker without saving you money.”

The criticism from Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., echoed that of many opponents of the Democratic plans under consideration in Congress. But Enzi’s judgment was especially noteworthy because he is one of only three Republicans who have been willing to consider a bipartisan bill in the Senate.

In the Republicans’ weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday, Enzi said any health care legislation must lower medical costs for Americans without increasing deficits and the national debt.

“The bills introduced by congressional Democrats fail to meet these standards,” he said.

Enzi called for a reform effort that pushes for increased competition, especially across state lines, and for tort reform.

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