Democrats Brace for the Hardest Part of Health-Care Reform
With the passage of health-care-reform legislation out of the Senate Finance Committee expected this week, the debate moves into a new and delicate stage. It is one that will test the legislative and political skills of Senate majority leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a scale that no congressional leadership team has had to face in at least four decades. Whether they are up to the challenge will determine not only the fate of the ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Fair Spin (Right), Real Clear Politics
I don;t understand how they can brace for the hardest part of healthcare reform whenthey are not reforming any to do with healthcare. Thye are estalishing a price control mechanism for insurance companies, doing take backs on Medicare and rasing taxes. I don;t see anything approaching a focus on increasing the quality of people's health in the US. Price controls won;t work because you are not dealing with demand, raising taxes is counterproductive as it will result in lower benfits as higher cost for business, therefore an indirect consumer tax. And taing away Meciare benefits without a valid restructuring is a bandaid on a bulet wound. All these writers don;t care about the subject, neither do the writers - it's all the political dance for them.