Major revelations and victories this week in Health Care Reform! Simply changing the name of the ‘public option’ to ‘Medicare Part E’ – (the ‘E’ being for ‘everybody’) – has brought yet another Blue Dog Democrat (Mike Ross – AR) behind the push for a public option. Also, the House Judiciary Committee has voted 20-9 to end the Anti-Trust exemption for the Health Insurance Industry! The vote in favor included three Republicans siding with the Democrats to strip the ability of Health Insurers to maintain geographic monopolies. Harry Reid has stated that that provision will almost certainly be in the final Senate bill.
It makes a ton of sense, really, since a huge chunk of those who were vocally opposed to reform during the town halls were scared that their Medicare was going to be taken away. The best way to label reform then would be a Medicare expansion, no?
Filed under: Economics, News, Politics | Tagged: Anti-Trust, Blue Dog, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Part E, Pelosi, Public Option
