AP – A $100 million item for construction of a university hospital was inserted in the Senate health care bill at the request of Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., who faces a difficult re-election campaign, his office said Sunday night.
The legislation leaves it up to the Health and Human Services Department to decide where the money should be spent, although spokesman Bryan DeAngelis said Dodd hopes to claim it for the University of Connecticut.
The provision is included in a 383-page series of changes to the health care bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., outlined Saturday. Scattered throughout are numerous items sought by individual lawmakers, many of them directing money explicitly to programs or projects in their home states.
Yeah, absolutely horrible. That a HOSPITAL would be paid for with taxpayer money! Why, that $100 million could have paid for 10 fact-finding missions to Bangkok for Jon Kyl and David Vitter.
# 10
Most congressmen clearly understand this bill is a scam that is going to cost a trillion in new taxes, require a death panel for seniors to meet the goals set, and the equivalent of winning the lottery to not bankrupt the country sooner. You don’t need a pay off to vote for a good bill.
The nation was already on schedule to go bankrupt and people like you thank all you have to do wish and Santa will pay the bills.
I don’t think you mean to kill people but you are to freeking delusional to do good. Okay maybe you and your buddies are into mercy killings. I don’t know. All I can be sure about is the results of your preferred course of action is clear and by and large they aren’t pretty.
#10 Here comes again the “it’s bad if they do it but good if we do it” sheeple. I really hope you’re getting payed one way or the other, I can’t envision someone this stupid defending the indefensible.
#17 Good to see you feel that way. Now, get ready to be labeled repugblican by the blog’s demagogue lap dogs.
#20 You’re the one not paying attention. How’s your eye prescription?
Baggins is exactly correct, under the leadership of the Führers Limbaugh, Beck, Coulter, Hannity, and O’Reilly, all preach the Nazi doctrine of if you don’t vote a certain way (their way) you are NOT a true Republican and should be removed from the party and shunned for all time; and if they are not the majority party, then they should oppose EVERYTHING the majority proposes no matter what or how sensible it is, just to make the majority fail and stop ANYTHING from happening. They have done this on EVERY vote since they lost their majority in 2006. The statistics on their use of filibusters is perfect evidence of this tactic, and their opposition to the bill on financial support for the military the other night is the perfect example of their willingness to destroy this country in the process. And yes, I think the word Nazi is quite appropriate in this instance.
And deowll (#22), we have Death Panels right now. They are called insurance companies, and they use odds, statistics, probabilities, medical history, life history, etc to determine if you are worthy of coverage, treatment, tests, drugs, surgery, life-support, whatever, from them, your doctor approved by them, or your hospital or clinic approved by them. This entire process is an effort to fix this little problem, so that EVERY American can get insurance, help and treatments without the use of probabilities decided by a group of people in an insurance office somewhere acting as a Death Panel, which is the result if they deny you coverage or treatment because stastics show the odds of that treatment being of use in your situation.
Very few people are actually opposed to health care reform. Problem is: to be in favor of health care reform you need to be against this bill.
#26 Therein lies the rub.
“Some idiot said”
“Führers Limbaugh, Beck, Coulter, Hannity, and O’Reilly, all preach the Nazi doctrine of if you don’t vote a certain way (their way) you are NOT a true Republican”
Beck and Hannity are not Republicans. Try getting at least one fact straight before posting.If you have listened to either for more than 30 minutes you would know that but I’m sure it’s difficult to do with your head up some Liberal Democrat’s ass.
Just one thing: $100 mil ain’t gonna build a modern hospital. Depending on how big and glorious they wish to make it, Uof Conn is gonna have to find some more money. A LOT more money.
Don’t make it right but I just wanted to point out we ain’t paying for the whole thing.
#1 Greg – By the way, it’s time to stop calling this “healthcare reform” and recognize it is a sea-change in the way health care is delivered in the USofA. It is the confiscation of health care. Oh, well. Why do I bother? The death panel is already scheduling my case.
I like cats. Maybe it is $100 million for a cat hospital. That would be about right.
Otherwise this is just another way to screw the American public.
#12, “What ever happen to these guys representing all of America and not just their state.”
LOL, the job of a representative is to speak for the people in his district whom he represents. The job of a Senator is to represent his State. “Bringing home the bacon” is what I would fully expect these people to do; which is half the reason to have constitutional limits on the things the government is allowed to do in the first place.
From: Obamaforever
To: All
If Dodd was a Repuke he would be giving huge tax breaks to Bush’s “haves and have mores”.
We’re all gonna die…
(sooner thanks to asshats like Dodd.)
Surprise!
Anyone in favour of this health care bill should be promptly neutered. -i’m sure THAT will be covered.
Now, will you do us all a favour and exercise the option?
-s