Health Care Reform Chronicles Thread #1 For 12/10/09: The Runthrough
First, NYCEVE is at a free health clinic in Kansas City. It is a deep:
Here is live coverage of that Health Care Clinic:
Jew Lewison has written something that is probably the realest post today that can be made about the entire process as a whole:
Nancy Pelosi softens her stand on the public option , and that will make fierce House progressives not happy.
Apparently, Harry Reid sent more that one thing to be scored to the CBO.....like four.
And now, they whip out another of a new line. The bill is too short:
Only that party can come up with quality like that. Only them.
And oh, the public option, it still in every poll popular. And it is way more popular than the current stuff the Senate is gluing and sticking together:
Here is live coverage of that Health Care Clinic:
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Jew Lewison has written something that is probably the realest post today that can be made about the entire process as a whole:
I tend to doubt there's any chance of this happening, but I'm thinking it would be smart for President Obama to concede that the Senate health care bill has serious flaws, even though on balance he believes it is a step forward on health care reform.Instead, the only thing you'll here though is "This bill isn't perfect, but it's a good start" or something along those lines.
The basic reason is simple: it's the truth, and that's something the public appreciates from its leaders
Nancy Pelosi softens her stand on the public option , and that will make fierce House progressives not happy.
Apparently, Harry Reid sent more that one thing to be scored to the CBO.....like four.
Reid reiterated the importance of confidentiality during the meeting. Fortunately, HuffPost spoke to Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) before the gathering began.Though it shows how Nelson will leak things out and not keep any loyalty here, Reid's vagueness is in indeed a shame, as well as his actions here.
He confirmed that at least four items had been sent to the CBO for an estimate known as a score: an expansion of Medicaid; broadening Sen. Maria Cantwell's (D-Wash.) Basic Health program to people within 300 percent of the federal poverty limit; the much-discussed national plans that would be run by the Office of Personnel Management; and allowing people 55-64 to buy into Medicare -- first reported here.
And now, they whip out another of a new line. The bill is too short:
Only that party can come up with quality like that. Only them.
And oh, the public option, it still in every poll popular. And it is way more popular than the current stuff the Senate is gluing and sticking together:
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