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Is she saying they cannot see the bill until after it's voted on?
Obviously she's not, as in early March when she made those remarks the text of the primary legislation, H.R. 3590, had been sitting on THOMAS and available for public viewing for several months.
What did she say?
We have to do this in partnership, and I wanted to bring up to date on where we see it from here. The final health care legislation that will soon be passed by Congress will deliver successful reform at the local level. It will offer paid for investments that will improve health care services and coverage for millions more Americans. It will make significant investments in innovation, prevention, wellness and offer robust support for public health infrastructure. It will dramatically expand investments into community health centers. That means a dramatic expansion in the number of patients community health centers can see and ultimately healthier communities. Our bill will significantly reduce uncompensated care for hospitals.
Youve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I dont 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, preventionits about diet, not diabetes. Its 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.
Is this ambiguous? She's clearly pointing out that attention focused heavily on 1) BS controversies (death panels or alleged subsidies to illegals or any number of made-up stories) and 2) process stories. Real issues, particular those that would be of interest to her audience (again, local officials, i.e. people who have to deal with public health and safety net health issues), like community health center expansions or enhancements of local capabilities to deal with infectious diseases or prevention provisions weren't part of the national discussion.
Again, you provided the link to the context--how is this still unclear to you?
The Healthcare Insurance Reform Bill was passed in its 2000+ page format. The regulations that will support the law will probably increase those pages by 10 times. That is what she was talking about unless you are going to have us believe she is an utter imbecile.
Presumably, she knows what happens to a law when it is passed and put into action.
There is the possibility that she does not and perhaps she is as astonished as the rest of us on how the Congress works.
There is the possibility that she does not and perhaps she is as astonished as the rest of us on how the Congress works
OH she knows how congress works, I think she was playing the part of a dictator.