UPDATED: Progressives Are Raising the Temperature on Healthcare Reform, and it Seems to Be Working
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UPDATED: Progressives Are Raising the Temperature on Healthcare Reform, and it Seems to Be Working
BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS – by Meg White
While conservative operatives blew their anger wad on a few screaming matches at a week or two’s worth of town halls, the simmering frustration of progressives over the hijacking of the healthcare debate may matter more in the end.
As I wrote at the beginning of this month, one path of resistance to Big Pharma, the insurance industry and GOP obstructionists on healthcare is the reconciliation process. By making the fiscal elements of a healthcare package — generally the most controversial parts of such legislation anyway — part of a budget reconciliation process, Democrats would only need to rally 51 votes to pass it.
The elements of reform that most reasonable people can agree on, but that do not contain specifically fiscal measures (such as eliminating pre-existing conditions as a reason for insurance companies to deny coverage or the controversial process of rescissions) could be passed in a bipartisan manner in the Senate.
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