Pelosi: 'Trigger Is An Excuse For Not Doing Anything'

Awesome

you tellem' nancy .. the triggers is just bullshyte stalling to keep the status quo

She's on the money. Do they really think people who want a public option (most people) will be tricked into thinking a trigger could be pulled against entrenched corporate interests? Now, the American people might be ill-informed; they're mis-informed on a daily basis. But I don't think they're quite that gullible.

Dems should be getting behind a robust, national public option on its merits: prices will continue to skyrocket without one. And if prices continue to rise, the legislation will be seen for what it is, a dismal failure. People will get upset. They'll say health care reform under the Dems didn't work. Score a few electoral points for the Republicans, especially those in Blue Dog States.

Rahm and Reid need to twist a few arms.

Yes!

The talk of a trigger is an insult to our intelligence... an attempt to 'appear' to be giving the public what they want while actually doing nothing.

I've written to Senator Snowe several times about this.

Thank you Speaker Pelosi!

To all and sundry who regard a trigger as "better than nothing" consider this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/washington/08drug.html

We are all free to import cheaper Canadian pharmaceuticals just as soon as the HHS Secretary (currently Kathleen Sebelius) certifies they are safe. Since Health Canada, the Canadian FDA, already reviews and establishes the safety of all drugs, this is merely a matter of setting up a liaison with the FDA, right? Right?

Where are cheap Canadian drugs?

Nowhere.

It is scandalous (but predictable) that Bush's Mike Leavitt would not lift a finger to fulfill his duty, but how about Obama's Kathleen Sibelius?

Oh wait, I know!

She is going to wait until the day after health care reform passes, and Pharma lobbying is no longer in play, and announce that the legally enforced monopoly market will be thrown open to competition.

And of course all of the free market advocates on the Right will cheer their approval.

(The last two paragraphs are intended to be irony, if the fantasy of the Right cheering anything helping consumers did not tip you off.)

I'm not fan of this woman but she is right on this issue!