National Nurses United, the nation's largest registered nurses union and professional organization, declared on Tuesday that the Senate health care bill gives away too much to insurance companies and "fails to meet the test of true health care reform."
"It is tragic to see the promise from Washington this year for genuine, comprehensive reform ground down to a seriously flawed bill that could actually exacerbate the health care crisis and financial insecurity for American families, and that cedes far too much additional power to the tyranny of a callous insurance industry," said co-president Karen Higgins in a statement.
"Sadly, we have ended up with legislation that fails to meet the test of true health care reform, guaranteeing high quality, cost effective care for all Americans, and instead are further locking into place a system that entrenches the chokehold of the profit-making insurance giants on our health. If this bill passes, the industry will become more powerful and could be beyond the reach of reform for generations," she added.
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I don't remember a president elected on a progressive ticket losing his base so soon -- less than a year in office! Well, it's not quite over and maybe disappointment is premature but the Democrats strike me as a pretty shameful lot, with a few noted exceptions, who once again are shooting themselves in the foot,
"I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a Democrat."
--Will Rogers
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