Rightardia comment: We have been hearing for weeks how much money the health are industry has given some key senators, many who are Democrat. Sen. Max Baucus, D-MT, the Finance Committee chairman was one of the big health care contribution winners. Sen. Barbara Boxer,D-CA, was another prominent name.
How can we have a national health care plan if businesses can opt out? A government insurance option is essential to control costs. The 35 per cent tax will not raise tax revenues. It will simply discourage companies from purchasing such plans.
The developments in the Senate are ominous for a national health care plan. It appears the health care industry has bought off key US senators. .
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.
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.
The three Democrats and three Republicans from the Senate Finance Committee were considering a tax of as much as 35 percent on very high-cost insurance policies, part of an attempt to rein in rapid escalation of costs.
Also likely to be included in any deal was creation of a commission charged with slowing the growth of Medicare through recommendations that would take effect automatically unless overturned by Congress.
http://
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/senate-group-dropping-dem_n_245839.html
Get 30 days of free traffic analysis simply by going to Web-Stat: http://
www.web-stat.com/?id=2955
Subscribe to the Rightardia feed:
feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/IGiu
Improve blog traffic with TrafficG http://
trafficg.com/splash/splash01.php?uid=eelder1
Netcraft rank: 30670
