Mary Landrieu, Liar
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DEAN: You would not let us choose another program. You forced us into the insurance industry. We don’t want to be forced into the insurance industry. You took away our choice. That is wrong.
LANDRIEU: That is not true, you never had that choice to begin with.
DEAN: The President campaigned on it, Mary.
LANDRIEU: In this bill (he/we) always wanted…
DEAN: The President of the United States campaigned for it.
LANDRIEU: No he did not campaign for public option, he did not campaign on Medicare for all, he most certainly did not.
DEAN: Yes he most certainly did. He most certainly did.
LANDRIEU: He most certainly did not.
DEAN: He absolutely did. You are not accurate in that. He campaigned for a federal employee benefit with a public option. That’s what he campaigned for.
LANDRIEU: He told people if you have what you — if you like the insurance that you have, you’ll be able to keep it.
MATTHEWS: Governor.
DEAN: And he also said there would be a public option along with a federal employee benefit package. That is what he said.
LANDRIEU: And there is, there is one in the bill.DEAN: There is no public option.
Without being TOO blunt about it, ,a href=”http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/18/0455/09831″>Mary Landrieu is a big fucking liar. here’s Obama in July of this year:
That’s why any plan I sign must include an insurance exchange: a one-stop shopping marketplace where you can compare the benefits, cost and track records of a variety of plans – including a public option to increase competition and keep insurance companies honest – and choose what’s best for your family. And that’s why we’ll put an end to the worst practices of the insurance industry: no more yearly caps or lifetime caps; no more denying people care because of pre-existing conditions; and no more dropping people from a plan when they get too sick. No longer will you be without health insurance, even if you lose your job or change jobs.
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The bill should be fixed in conference, or sadly done away with. It’s not reform: Markos Moulitsas provides 20 reasons why it’s not.
