Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Dems Cut Back Health Care Plan

I guess the "alarm went off" that a sweeping change of a huge swath of the nations economy is not going to fly with the American people. Their pared down bill actually sounds palatable if they can find money to pay for it.

No decisions have been made, lawmakers said, but they laid out a new approach that could still include these provisions: limiting the ability of insurance companies to deny coverage to people with medical problems, allowing young adults to stay on their parents' policies, helping small businesses and low-income people pay premiums and changing Medicare to encourage payment for quality care instead of sheer volume of services.

"The helping businesses and low-income people" doesn't sound cheap but maybe taxing Cadillac plans could make up the difference. If you add tort reform to this mix and maybe allow people to stash away more tax-free money in their health savings account you might get some Republicans to come across the aisle.

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