but the bill to stop government spending for abortion is scratched. :censored:
WASHINGTON – Democratic senators say they have a tentative deal to drop a government-run insurance option from health care legislation. No further details were immediately available.
But liberals and moderates have been discussing an alternative, including a private insurance arrangement to be supervised by the federal agency that oversees the system through which lawmakers purchase coverage. Additionally, talks centered on opening up Medicare to uninsured Americans beginning at age 55, a significant expansion of the large government health care program that currently serves the over-65 population.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion opponents failed to inject tougher restrictions into sweeping Senate health care legislation Tuesday, and Democratic leaders labored to make sure fallout from the controversy wouldn't hinder the drive to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
The 54-45 vote over abortion took place as Democrats, in daylong private talks in the Capitol,
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The amendment that Nelson, Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and numerous Republicans proposed would also have barred insurance plans from covering abortions except in the three categories if any of their policyholders received federal subsidies. It also would have required insurance companies that offer no-abortion plans to make available a policy that offers such services.
In all, 50 Democrats, two Republicans and two independents voted to kill the abortion proposal. Thirty-eight Republicans and seven Democrats favored it. :censored:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul
Being pro-life, this seriously angers me....secondly...it looks like I'll be retiring at 55 since I can get free healthcare.
A (http://www.thesunblog.com/sports/archives/trojan-horse.jpg) is still a (http://www.thesunblog.com/sports/archives/trojan-horse.jpg), no matter what you call it, or how much lipstick you put on it.
A (http://www.thesunblog.com/sports/archives/trojan-horse.jpg) is still a (http://www.thesunblog.com/sports/archives/trojan-horse.jpg), no matter what you call it, or how much lipstick you put on it.
They're not stupid... Hell, Bawney Fwank came out and said they knew they couldn't do this all in one year... Next go around they will lower it to 45... then 35... then eventually have their single payer fiasco. It's a process, and they are very dedicated and patient. Something that (no offense) most conservatives are not.
But liberals and moderates have been discussing an alternative, including a private insurance arrangement to be supervised by the federal agency that oversees the system through which lawmakers purchase coverage.