I know this is super short and not really a diary, but it is short and to the point on a very simple question I have about healthcare.
If the Medicare buy-in and public option trigger could both pass with reconciliation, why not drop those now, pass the rest of Reid compromise bill, with Sen. Lieberman's blessing, then come back later with the buy-in and public option trigger in a reconciliation bill in a few weeks?
I agree that Sen. Lieberman's stated reasons for opposing the gang of 10 compromise do not hold water, but wouldn't this strategy get what most people want in the shortest amount of time?
I mean jeez! Go get the popular parts of HCR through the 60 vote process in the senate and then use the 51 vote route for the the most robust public option that is just like Medicare and open to EVERYONE!!!
If you want you can also add in the medicare for 55-64 (Why not let anyone who wants to buy into medicare, each young person in medicare makes the program stronger because young healthy people pay more than they get.)
I know it offends the comity of the senate to use reconcilliation but the senate survived when bush used it for tax cuts.
I know this is super short and not really a diary, but it is about a very simple question that I have about healthcare.
If the Medicare buy-in and public option trigger could both pass with reconciliation, why not drop those from the main healthcare bill now, pass the rest of Reid compromise bill with all of the prevention, and reform on Insurance with pre-existing conditions, with Sen. (Dick Face) Lieberman's blessing, then come back later with the buy-in and public option trigger in a reconciliation bill in a few weeks?
I agree that Sen. Lieberman's stated reasons for opposing the gang of 10 compromise do not hold water, but wouldn't this strategy get what most people want in the shortest amount of time?
I mean jeez! Go get the popular parts of HCR through the 60 vote process in the senate and then use the 51 vote route for the the most robust public option that is just like Medicare and open to EVERYONE!!!
If you want you can also add in the medicare for 55-64 (Why not let anyone who wants to buy into medicare, each young person in medicare makes the program stronger because young healthy people pay more than they get.)
I know it offends the comity of the senate to use reconcilliation but the senate survived when bush used it for tax cuts.
Not to mention that the public option is the most popular thing in this piece of shit, and if they only passed that, it would be beter then everything else combined!