A moderate Senate Democrat said Sunday he could support a bill that would trigger government-funded public health insurance if new health care legislation failed to deliver on its promises.
The comment by Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska on CNN's "State of the Union" signaled a possible compromise on the most contentious issue in efforts to overhaul the nation's ailing health care system.
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“And when I say trigger … I don’t mean a hair trigger,” Nelson said. “I mean a true trigger — one that would only apply if there isn’t the kind of competition in the business that we believe there would be.”
This makes sense, as long as the Trigger is a real one not one that is so far out it would never be triggered either.
On the same program, a Democratic congresswoman said Republicans have no intention of supporting a health care bill and only want to use the issue to damage Obama politically.
Truer words couldn’t be found then these to see how the republicans are working.
This is the first positive article that I have read about health care in weeks, maybe there still is some hope out there, we can hope.