A Message From Congressman Anthony Weiner
What will it take for my colleagues to understand that we can’t let 41 senators be a majority? A report released today found that the five largest for-profit health insurance companies made record profits in 2009. How? By dropping millions of customers.
All the posturing in the world about bipartisanship doesn’t change the fact that today’s news was largely cheered by Republicans and lamented by Democrats.
And for all their talk of an alternative proposal, we know that Republicans favor a status quo approach that lets big health insurance companies get away with anticompetitive and abusive practices. That will only mean more rising premiums and more dropped customers.
If we want to see a change, we need the Democratic majority to take back the reins on health care policy. That’s what a majority is supposed to do.
Anthony
