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Senate Finance Committee Draft Health Care Plan: No Government Option But Co-Ops And Lots Of Taxes And FeesAfter an enjoyable diversion into the world of Van Jones last week, it's back to fighting off the government destruction of the health care system. The Senate Finance Committee after weeks of chatting has finally created a draft plan. As expected, Baucus’ proposal does not include a public insurance option, but instead features insurance cooperatives that could appeal to moderate Democrats and perhaps some Republicans. That’s a major difference from bills approved by three House committees and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee. This will help keep costs down because corporate taxes and fees never get passed onto consumers or anything. Shouldn't people reworking about 17% of the world's largest economy have some basic understanding of economics? Now we just wait and see if the Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Senate, Olympia Snowe, gives it her thumbs up or down. Republican Congressmen Shadegg and Hoekstra have laid out their plans for what health care reform should look like. They break the issue down into three categories, Costs and Control, Pre-existing Condition and access. Their "Costs and Control" proposals are the best part. •Costs and Control. The health-care reform debate centers on how to lower the cost of care, and who should ultimately control health-care decisions. Under the current system, nobody is focused on controlling costs. I think it's good that Republicans have some reasonable policy initiatives for this fight but I'd prefer they just stick with "No" and attacking the Democrats plans. Proposing a plan of any sort gives the Democrats something to attack and takes the focus off their plans (given their huge congressional majorities and control of the White House, they are the only plans that will be up for real consideration). Ultimately, this is fight among Democrats. We should just be egging both sides on to keep fighting and bringing outside pressure against all of them. The time for the Republicans to propose something (if we must at all) is next year in the run up to the elections. For now it's better to just keep on the attack. | Recent Comments
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