The great power grab
Really tired of these people in office -- from
Reuters:
Governors want "into the game" on healthcare
State governors want Congress and President Barack Obama to pay more attention to their concerns as they renew efforts to reform healthcare.
"concerns" = pork
More:
The governors, who have been meeting in the U.S. capital this weekend, will make their case to Obama on Monday that some reform proposals could deepen the budget woes that many states face.
On the other hand, they also fear that doing nothing will also worsen their financial situations.
The meeting with Obama comes on the same day that the president is expected to unveil new proposals to advance legislation to change the country's $2.5 trillion healthcare system. On Thursday, he will hold a televised summit with Republicans to discuss ways to break the logjam.
That meeting has every indication of being nothing but a public relations move designed to concentrate the Democrats power. Their minds are already set on what they want to do and nothing that the Republicans can suggest (tort reform, being able to shop for insurance across state lines, health savings accounts, limiting use of emergency rooms, etc...) will ever be good enough.
Posted by DaveH at February 21, 2010 2:54 PM