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Default positions of health care legislation

The cry for transparency resounded throughout the Obama campaign last year. We all thought that maybe a new breed of politician had arrived.
Not.
Just another Chicago huckster.
My concerns here are the default positions in the proposed health care legislation. The legislation that was nearly passed in July.
The one which Obama and Pelosi demanded that the Congress pass in July.
What I mean by default positions is those items which are automatically covered as the baseline – the default positions.
This allows the Democrats to honestly say that there is no ‘abortion’ language in the legislation. The cost of abortions will be covered by the new health bill because it is a default position – meaning that unless an amendment to the bill is passed which bans, limits and/or describes the conditions under which the health costs of an abortion are covered under the new health bill – then there is no ban, limit and/or condition on the coverage of the health costs of abortions.
The same applies to many health items. By using this strategy, the politicians do not need to address  many of the contentious issues which always surround legislation such as the currently proposed health care legislation.

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