http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2009/07/29/are-jim-cooper-and-friends-about-to-kill-health-care-reform Comments On: Are Jim Cooper & Friends About to Kill Health Care Reform? by Pete Kotz en-us Copyright 2013 Nashville Scene. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Nashville Scene readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Nashville Scene. wil@desert.net (Nashville Scene Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Anonymous]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:15:51 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by GeoOrwell]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:27:28 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:31:13 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:26:43 -0500 Nashville Scene Nothing prevents them from offering those plans. I proved you wrong.
Posted by GeoOrwell]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:12:42 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Gil'sAWingNut]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:09:03 -0500 Nashville Scene I can't help but laugh when I hear Republicans like Roy Blunt today saying that the healthcare system is basically solid and only needs a few tweaks.
Posted by BoydBBiggs]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:58:51 -0500 Nashville Scene Nope - that's your spin, not my definition.
The military is not an entitlement program.
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:45:15 -0500 Nashville Scene That's exactly the option that I chose. Shhh.
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:36:32 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:27:23 -0500 Nashville Scene First, the reference to socialism pertains to Republicans, not Blue Dogs. I also have no reason to believe that Cooper himself isn't earnest in his quest for real reform.
Posted by Pete Kotz]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:13:48 -0500 Nashville Scene Some of my best friends are Republicans.
But I'm not.
I'm a blue-dog libertarian.
Posted by Rex Hammock]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:07:04 -0500 Nashville Scene I know you Rex and it comes as a great surprise to me and your friends that you say you're not a Republican.
Posted by Anon]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:54:05 -0500 Nashville Scene Funny, but my employer and its private health insuror offer me a simple, high deductable, low-cost catastrophic care policy and recommend that we couple it with our health savings accounts to lower our costs.
That's exactly the option that I chose. Shhh.
Posted by GeoOrwell]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:48:48 -0500 Nashville Scene btw, I'll be paying the premiums for my public option health plan.
Posted by Gil'sAWingNut]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:44:59 -0500 Nashville Scene However if I were a Republican, I would be enjoying watching the Democratic Party beat up on one-another.
The bill the House majority has put forward was dead on arrival -- absurd. It seemed almost cynical to put forward something that is guaranteed to fail and has turned the health care debate into some sort of litmus test -- that includes provisions Obama opposed as a candidate -- for being a true-Democrat.
As those who follow politics know, Rahm Emanuel was the architect of the strategy that enabled the Democratic Party to re-take the House of Representatives by reaching out to conservatives who could win Southern congressional districts.
Posted by Rex Hammock]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:41:22 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by JohnnyC]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:32:10 -0500 Nashville Scene That more than a little disingenuous Gil: Having some direct experience in the process, I can assure you that health insurors love mandated coverage for this or that. Why?
Posted by GeoOrwell]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:57:59 -0500 Nashville Scene Why don't you just stick a fork in it? You're not as smart as you think you are.
Posted by Peter]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:43:11 -0500 Nashville Scene Of course it's socialized medicine. It is the government forcing some people to pay for services used by other people.
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:37:00 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by BoydBBiggs]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:19:44 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Anonymous]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:13:19 -0500 Nashville Scene In the context of this story, you are implying that Jim Cooper's stance on this issue is based on the contributions he has received from insurers.
Could you please back this up with some facts.
I've had no luck searching for trends of Cooper voting against the insurance industry.
I'm not sure what kind of proof would satisfy in this instance. A statement from Cooper's ofc saying that his stance is indeed influenced by donations he receives?
Ockam's Razor seems to apply to interpreting his approach to the issues.
Posted by S-townMike]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:23:04 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by YellowDog]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:17:44 -0500 Nashville Scene There was an editorial in yesterday's Wall Sreet Journal that examined the actual voting record of the supposedly "conservative" Blue Dogs on Obama's "stimulus" bill, the budget bill, the cap and trade bill, etc.
The bottom line is that as a group they aren't really very conservative at all.
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:12:28 -0500 Nashville Scene