The Democrats are on the verge of passing what I will jokingly refer to as a health care reform bill. I say that because all the real reform has been removed from it, and all that is left is some minor tinkering with the current health [...] Congress worked on finishing its last business, with the Senate likely to vote on their health bill before leaving for Christmas vacation. Both the House and the Senate passed extensions of unemployment benefits and the COBRA health subsidy. The Senate also passed a defense spending bill which most [...]
» WaPo: In health-care reform, no deficit cure (Lori Montgomery)
» WaPo: Even if health bill passes soon, wait for reforms could be long (David Hilzenrath)
I guess the Washington Post has graduated from the "Some say/Others say" school of journalism (via Montgomery's story) ...
Optimists say the $848 billion [...]
The Texas Medical Association said over the weekend that it opposes the Senate health bill that cleared a key procedural vote on Saturday evening. Despite numerous reservations about other versions of the legislation, this is the first time (during this Congress) that TMA has stated outright opposition to health [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid managed to hold his caucus together in order to get the 60 votes necessary to simply open debate on the Senate version of the health care reform bill. Unfortunately, several of the “moderate” Democrats who got on board have already said they won’t accept a [...]
