Dienstag, 23. Februar 2010
White House Proposal up before the Summit
trickymaster, 18:58h
The White House Health Care proposal is up (click on the image). It is very similar to the Senate health care bill, except for some little changes.
For example:
President Obama will be at the summit for six of his valuable hours. I doubt that Republicans will give in. They are too irresponsible to care about the country and too blinded by the money from the private health insurance lobby.
For example:
- The federal government will pay 100% (2014-2019) and then 90% of the tab for expanded Medicaid, relieving state governments from the financial burden.
- Senator Nelson's special exempt has been stripped off.
- The ridiculous excise tax on high cost health insurance has been postponed (hopefully infinitely).
- Some people also speculate that the White House proposal could mean the end of Obama's special deal with PhRMA that forbids Americans to buy cheaper drugs from Canada.
President Obama will be at the summit for six of his valuable hours. I doubt that Republicans will give in. They are too irresponsible to care about the country and too blinded by the money from the private health insurance lobby.