AP: Senate Finance Committee To Drop Public Option

[Poiuyt]

Senate Finance Committee Dropping Dem Health Goals: AP

WASHINGTON — After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits two key Democratic priorities but incorporates provisions to slow the explosive rise in medical costs, officials said.

These officials said participants were on track to exclude a requirement many congressional Democrats seek for businesses to offer coverage to their workers. Nor would there be a provision for a government insurance option, despite President Barack Obama's support for such a plan.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/senate-group-dropping-dem_n_245839.html

[RandySF]

1. No plan is better than this

It only seeks to cut service while doing nothing to expand coverage. Totally useless.

[Faryn Balyncd]

6. K&R...You're right: The Senate Finance psedo-"reform" is WORSE than doing nothing:

It gives the illusion of "doing something" whil;e making real reform more difficult.

[last_texas_dem]

2. I will readily admit that I am far from an expert on health care issues, but

this "reform" proposed by the Senate Finance Committee doesn't sound like it would "reform" all that much about about our health care system. Why even bother?

[Autumn]

3. Those people are about as worthless

as tits on a fucking boar hog.

[Uzybone]

4. It is 6 senators out of 100, 3 democrats out of 60

this bill will probably die in the committee.

[jaxx]

5. I've just emailed Baucus, Reid and Durbin about this

and said Enough! Who the fuck does Baucus think he is to destroy the public option to appease some pubs who will vote no anyway. ARRRGGGHHHHH

[ShamelessHussy]

7. Died in commitiee

How convenient for the insurance companies, eh?