And the Democrats' health care "trigger" could in fact be a trap door that leads to government-run health care.
Senate Democrats have reached a "broad agreement" on a health reform bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday night — a plan that would replace the public option in the current Senate bill with a new national insurance plan offered by private insurers, and a chance for older Americans to "buy in" to Medicare.
Democrats on Tuesday night took a major step forward on a plan by agreeing to ask congressional scorekeepers to give them cost estimates on a possible compromise that would break the impasse over health reform in the Senate.
In doing so, Senate negotiators moved decisively away from including a government-run health insurance plan that would start on Day One in any final compromise, a major disappointment for the Democratic base but one that is likely to prove necessary to win over fiscally moderate senators.
Instead, Democrats are considering including a "trigger" that would allow a public plan to kick in – but only in the event that private insurers didn’t step up and offer policies for the new national health insurance plan, which seemed unlikely.
Will this compromise Illinois' joke of a senator, Roland Burris? The Rod Blagojevich-appointed Democrat says he will not vote for any health care bill that does not include government-run health care.
If this bill reaches the Senate floor, and Burris votes for it, then it is indeed a trap.
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2 comments:
I think you mean "says he will only vote for a health care bill that includes government-run health care".
He's in the public-option-only crowd, isn't he?
e.g., http://www.theroot.com/views/did-burris-save-public-option
A pretty crappy sentence, you're right.
Oh yeah, he's "public" only.
Except when it comes to explaining his Blago ties.
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