Simply Said - Health Care Flowchart - WIFM?

The general working plan for Healthcare Reform in-process before Congress now ....

WIFM? What's In it For Me?

78 Million old folks on Medicare ==> NO CHANGE FOR OLDSTERS

122 Million people Employer Provide Coverage ==> Better Consumer Protections - Portability, No Recisions, No Lifetime Caps, Minimum Standards for Basic Coverage

15 Million people Earning Less Than 133% of Poverty Line ==> Expanded Medicaid Coverage

57 Million people Earning 133% to 300% of Poverty Line ==> Subsidized Coverage w/ Consumer Protections, of this group only 8.7 Million Folks will likely get subsidized PUBLIC OPTION

28.8 Million people Earning more than 300% of Poverty Line ==> Unsubsidized Coverage w/ Consumer Protections, of this group only 3.8 Million Folks will likely get unsubsidized PUBLIC OPTION

78 + 122 + 57 + 28.8 = 285.8 Million Americans

3.8 + 8.7 = 12.5 Million folks will likely use the PUBLIC OPTION

12.5 / 285.8 = 4.4% of American are estimated to use the PUBLIC OPTION , hardly a government take-over of health care insurance. Supporting the common folk, setting reasonable standards on consumer fairness... that's absolutely what this battle is all about.

h/t sbwoodside at Daily Kos

Health Care Now - March on Washington - Sept 13th?

Well it appears a tipping point has been reached. Paternal patience has worn out... enough of the childish Republican domestic terrorist malarkey at congressional rep town hall meetings and being the predictably Party of No How, No Way. (Was that really a surprise?)

Breaking: White House and Congressional Dems Will Do Health Care Reform On Their Own

Buzz is building for a March on Washington by Real-Grass Roots for Public Option, not funded by Corporate America.

A nice Sunday in September trip to D.C. Me and 500,000 of my dearest friends.

Road Trip!

See you soon, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, and Mr. Goodlatte.

Hope to see you'all there.

By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration