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    So there was actually a positive development today in the health care negotiations. Those of you who are following this know that one version of the health care bill is being written right now in the Senate Finance Committee, which is basically the most conservative (and corrupt) committee when it comes to health care.

    Essentially it's made up of a bunch of Republicans who aren't gonna vote for anything, and run by Max Baucus, a Democrat who has taken literally thousands of dollars a day from the health care industry. Two of the Senators introduced bills with a public plan earlier this week, and they both got shot down by pretty wide margins.

    But today, Maria Cantwell introduced an amendment which would add to the bill a scaled down public option plan - and it passed. It's basically a plan that offers PO to a narrow window of people within a certain income group above those that qualify for Medicaid.

    So now the most conservative committee in either the House or the Senate has at least a scaled back form of the PO in its bill. Not a bad place to start negotiations between the different committees.

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    • curious how it would be funded. funny u healthcare look the other way at the failing other social medical programs
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    • and refuse to look at the reasons why. u are similar to religious nuts in your belief healthcare vs a god
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    • u take strength in your brethren of similiar beliefs. and in your "stolen concept" fallacies
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    • my biggest beef is that u rats on a sinking ship demand that everyone go down with it together
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    • someone wants to break free and u entrap them to drown with you. whats up with that
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    • fools in the current gov are not smart enough as a majority to do any good. remove the reg's and u will see more betterness
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    • more betterness? Learn English...DrBombay
    • more betterness is a joke. its a nufan album i dug....
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