Senate drops public option, Medicare buy-in from health bill
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 16th, 2009 5:40 am by HL
Senate drops public option, Medicare buy-in from health bill
Excerpt: Senate Democrats have ceded two key components of President Obama’s health care reform proposals: The proposed Medicare buy-in for those ages 55-64 and a public option. These components of the bill were apparently dropped in a cave-in to Republicans, centrist Democrats, and Joe Lieberman (I-CT). Sen. Lieberman, a crucial vote if the bill is to garner […]