Pelosi says they must pass ObamaCare for people to know what's in it

March 10, 2010 - 1:30pm — Capitol Notebook

Believe it or not, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in the course of promoting passage of the Senate version of ObamaCare, said that they need to pass the bill in order for people to really know what's in the bill.

Yes, really...

“You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other.  But I don’t know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket.  Prevention, prevention, prevention—it’s about diet, not diabetes. It’s going to be very, very exciting. 

“But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy."

We're not exactly sure why the bill would need to be "passed" in order for people to "find out what is in it".  Maybe because, once it's law, people can read it...since the US Code of Laws is actually a public document?

Of course she could help people achieve a higher level of comprehension about the bill if it (and other legislation) were made public long before it was actually voted on.  But that's asking too much.  Or at least taking Democrats too seriously about their word.  You know, a little more of that "transparency" stuff Obama campaigned on...or that Democrats campaigned on before they took control of Congress in 2006.

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Submitted by josemaria on March 16, 2010 - 1:01pm.

More questions:  Under the govenment plan, will we be able to see a specialist or will we have to have a referral from a primary care physician?  My current health plan allows me to see a specialist or any doctor I choose, but is this going to be the case in the future or will medicare recepients be able to choose their own doctors?  Also what about government access to a person's checking account?  I feel very uneasy about this whole thing.

Submitted by josemaria on March 15, 2010 - 11:18am.

How can anybody expect us to enter into a contract or agreement without knowing what is in it?  Haven't we all been told to read the fine print?  I'm all for affordable health care, but unforunately this does not appear to be health care, but government control over our lives.  There is also supposed to be a fine if you don't purchase health care.  Many people in our area are poor.  How are we going to pay higher taxes as well as buy health care?  I hope the bill includes money for expanded or additional jails because many of us are going to end up in jail because some of us just don't have the money for all this folderal.

Submitted by mekenichellie on March 16, 2010 - 3:03am.

its like agreeing to a term blind folded and without any idea on what this is all about.
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