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Dienstag, 23. Februar 2010
White House Proposal up before the Summit
trickymaster, 18:58h
White House Health care proposal
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:
  • 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.
The public option is not mentioned because it "would not have the votes." But there are Senators and Representatives who try to revive a government health insurance option through reconciliation. Without the public option, many people also have concerns whether it can pass the House which strongly endorsed the public option and does not want to give up on their historic piece of legislation.

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.


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