Do you think I am negative. I wasn't until I read this article in Roll Call. http://www.rollcall.com/...
Baucus is pushing for a Bipartisan bill on health care. Why? Because he likes Republicans? NO, it is because he does not want the Public Option to be a choice for health care.
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) emerged Thursday afternoon from a private meeting of key Finance panel negotiators on health care reform and expressed optimism that discussions toward a bipartisan bill remained on track.
The only way to get Bipartisan support is to kill the Public Option.
In a sign of a potential détente on another divisive issue — whether to implement a government-run insurance option as a part of health care reform — Baucus hinted that Senate Democratic leaders might be softening their position. Disagreement over the government-run insurance option is one of the main obstacles to a bipartisan health care bill.
I really think that Reid will change his position in Health Care reform from a stiff breeze. The Senate Majority leader does not support anything at this point.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Thursday that he could envision a nonprofit medical cooperative plan of some sort being acceptable substitute for a government-run insurance option. And Baucus said he believes Reid is now flexible on the issue, a hopeful sign for his goal of drafting a consensus bill.
Reid is flexible, now that is an understatement..
I wish I could be a tad more optimistic, but from where I see it, the Public Option is dead.