Health care reform still being debated -- quietly

According to a story in today's Sun, Congressional leaders are still trying to figure out a way to pass health care reform -- albiet quietly.
Democrats may try and persuade House members to vote for the Senate package and then go back and fix some things later under a budget procedure that is filibuster proof. Or they may seek a scaled down package that can pass both chambers.
But after the loss of former Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat in Massachusetts to a Republican, possibly due in part to voter anger over the economy, Dems are trying to keep the negotiations low key. They'd like to appear to be working full-time on job creation.
Indeed, President Obama barely touched on the subject of health care reform in his State of the Union message. But you can read more about the President's plan and watch a video at whitehouse.gov.
Meanwhile, some medical groups, including the American College of Physicians, are urging lawmakers not to give up on reform this year.
So, what do you think? Did the Dems overreach? Or, should they keep pushing for coverage for the millions who don't have it and protections for those who do?
Associated Press file photo of the State of the Union speech









Comments
Universal health care be it Obama Care now or Hillary care in the future will eventually become the law of the land, so get ready for it GOP! Government run health care programs are popular with Americans (Yes that means they like them, right wingers like it or not) just ask kids and their parents on the CHIP program, the elderly on Medicare, Veterans on VA health plans, the poor, disabled and nursing home ridden on medicaid. Just as all those Government run health plans are popular with the public so will Universal health care that Obama, Hillary etc. will eventually pass. Even Senator elect Scott Brown agrees that the U.S. should have universal health care coverage and helped pass the big government Romney Universal health plan in Massachusetts in 2006. So brace your selves right wingers we are getting closer and closer to a federal universal health care bill and it will eventually be the law of the land and loved by the majority of Americans even if you all do not.
Posted by: tom | February 1, 2010 1:12 PM