I hope Rockefeller had a good lunch!
This is child diary #5. Please Do Not Recommend.
Recommend Mothership instead, http://www.dailykos.com/...
Child diary #6 is up. http://www.dailykos.com/...
Rockefeller amendment goes down. Nays Baucus, Conrad, Lincoln, Nelson, Carper They all need to hear from us! Sell outs.
Welcome to child diary number 5, live blogging the Senate Finance Committee hearings on health care at:
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Please continue your comments.
And Thanks you Math4Barack for keeping on top of this. You are really good at explaining complicated amendments. Thanks. Oh and thank everyone else too.
from comment from Math4Barack, For more information on amendments check out
more information - link
the mothership diary has more information on the various amendments
The last public option was written by Senator Schumer alone and is an "equal playing field" public option, ie much weaker.
Jon Walker provides more details on the last public option. http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/...
The government would only provide start up funds to help create a new public option that must follow all the same rules as private insurance companies. Like any private insurance company it would need to negotiate rates and create it's own provider network from scrath
So, it's not a very good public option, BUT it will be merged with the Senate HELP bill which has a better public option. And then it will be merged with the House public option which will be even better. So, this public option will improve.
And if is in all five bills (that are out of committee) it's extremely likely that the final bill will have a public option.
by math4barack on Tue Sep 29, 2009 at 10:44:57 AM PDT
contact information for some committee members:
Max Baucus MT (Committee Chair)
Phone: (202) 224-2651
Fax: (202) 224-9412
http://baucus.senate.gov/...
Thomas Carper DE
Phone: (202) 224-2441
Fax: (202) 228-2190
http://carper.senate.gov/...
Robert Menendez, NJ
Phone: 202.224.4744
http://menendez.senate.gov/
Kent Conrad, North Dakota
Phone: (202) 224-2043
Fax: (202) 224-7776
https://conrad.senate.gov/...
Jeff Bingaman
Phone (202) 224-5521
senator.bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
John Kerry
Phone: (202) 224-2742
http://kerry.senate.gov
Blanche Lincoln AR
Phone: (202) 224-4843
Fax: (202) 228-1371
http://lincoln.senate.gov/...
Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244
http://wyden.senate.gov
Debbie Stabenow:
http://stabenow.senate.gov/
Maria Cantwell
Phone: 202-224-3441
Fax: 202-228-0514
http://cantwell.senate.gov/
Bill Nelson
Phone: (202) 224-5274
Fax: (202) 228-2183
http://billnelson.senate.gov/...
Olympia Snowe, ME
Phone: (800) 432-1599
http://snowe.senate.gov