[net-gold] HEALTH CARE REFORM: Public Option Revival Gains Steam
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HEALTH CARE REFORM:
Public Option Revival Gains Steam
Public Option Revival Gains Steam
By Jeffrey Young -
02/20/10 08:35 PM ET
The Hill
<http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/
82491-public-option-revival-movement-gains-steam>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/yk6ztte>
The public option, the lefts favorite part of healthcare reform, is
mounting an unexpected comeback.
The recess week ended up providing liberal activists and their allies on
Capitol Hill with a surprise opportunity to breath life into the proposal
to create a government-run health insurance plan a proposal that had been
declared all-but-dead two months ago.
Ironically, its a shift that would have been unthinkable before Sen. Scott
Brown (R-Mass.) won the late Sen. Edward Kennedys (D-Mass.) seat in a
special election last month. Though Democrats lost the 60th vote they
needed to defeat a Republican filibuster of healthcare reform, they also
gained a huge incentive to use reconciliation, a tactic Reid had
previously ruled out.
With Democrats gearing up to take a final shot at passing healthcare
reform via budget reconciliation rules that require only 51 votes for
Senate passage, liberals see an opportunity.
Over the course of three days, 18 Democratic senators signed on to Sen.
Michael Bennets (D-Colo.) Wednesday letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-Nev.), requesting a floor vote on the public option should the upper
chamber consider a healthcare reconciliation bill. Sen. Charles Schumer
(D-N.Y.), the vice chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus, is the only
member of the leadership to sign on so far.
Even Reid appears to be on board. A statement issued by his office on
Friday indicates that Reid will bring the public option to the Senate
floor.
Sen. Reid has always and continues to support the public option as a way
to drive down costs and create competition. That is why he included the
measure in his original healthcare proposal, Reid spokesman Rodell
Mollineau said in the statement. If a decision is made to use
reconciliation to advance healthcare, Sen. Reid will work with the White
House, the House, and members of his caucus in an effort to craft a public
option that can overcome procedural obstacles and secure enough votes.
Reconciliation seems set to move ahead, based on Reid's comments during an
interview on Nevada television Friday. Reid, President Barack Obama, House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calf.) and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
settled on the strategy during the previous week, the majority leader
indicated
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