Blue Dogs Cave To Socialist-Lite ObamaCare

Today Congressman Mike Ross, who has been negotiating on behalf of the Blue Dog Democrats with Rep. Henry Waxman, announced that a deal had been struck on ObamaCare. The Blue Dogs were bought for a price. That price entails a trimming of ObamaCare to the tune of $100 billion (not much when we are speaking about $1 trillion in expenses), exemption for most small businesses and a requirement that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has to negotiate public plan rates with providers. There is also word that the public option has been replaced with co-ops that will be run on all levels: state, regional and federal. Just a nice cover for nationalized healthcare. If these people were serious, they would drop the co-ops and allow people to cross over from one state to the next to buy insurance making the market more competitive and affordable. But that takes common sense, which is lacking in Washington.

What this really boils down to is that the Blue Dogs caved to pressure and have bought into a Socialist-lite healthcare plan. There is an agreement to wait until after the recess to vote on this new bill, which still needs to be marked up in the House, so we have time to put their feet to their fire - and we will!