Health care reform is utterly critical to our Nation's vitality. The trendlines of cost, to the Government and all tax payers, is simply unsustainable.
It is clearly impossible to keep going the way we've been going in delivering and paying for health care for our citizens and neighbors.
We stand at an imperfect but necessary step forward to save our Nation.
Reconciliation is one of those important tools to move the debate, however "some" paint current legislative tactics as "signs of the apocalype".
My Congressman, Jim McDermott- Wa. 7th explains:
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Though the reconciliation process is extremely detailed, I anticipate the passage of comprehensive health care reform in the next several weeks. Republicans contend that the use of reconciliation to pass health care reform represents the apocalypse. This is not the case; Republicans have used the reconciliation process numerous times in the last few years. In fact, the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy were passed using reconciliation. I support the use of reconciliation to ensure that we can pass comprehensive health care reform and ensure that everyone has access to comprehensive, quality health care. To read more about reconciliation, please visit the website of the Rules Committee at http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/bud_rec_proc.htm.
Please ask your US Member of Congress or Senate to vote in support of reform. Now.