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Back before the August recess a deal was struck with a group of Blue Dogs, lead by Rep. Mike Ross, in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The agreement was to make the public option weaker by not allowing it to pay modified Medicare rates. This deal dramatically reduced the cost savings that would come as a result of including a public option as part of health care reform. Since then, Mike Ross has backed out of the deal, and is now publicly saying that he will not support any public option.
The Hill is reporting that Speaker Pelosi does not intend to stick to a deal that has already been broken. She plans to bring to the House floor a bill with a robust public option similar to the one originally proposed in the House.
"The Speaker is committed to having a strong public option in the House bill because it is the best way to promote competition, control cost and keep the insurance companies honest," said Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami. "The caucus continues to meet to discuss the legislation and its provisions."
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Pelosi catches a lot of flak on these pages, but once in awhile she does earn a gold star.
I hesitate to believe this after the fund raiser thrown by the lobbyist but, then again, I’ll cling to anything that makes me feel more hopeful.
There is still plenty of time for her to mess it up but for now she would lose a lot of face and power if she stuck to a deal that the other side already backed out of.
While I disagree with La Pelosi on some things, I’ve never considered her a pushover.
What Blue Puppy thought it was a good idea to blow their side of the deal and assume she’d just take it? Because that puppy is a stone cold idiot.
And is about to get painfully housebroken by the Speaker of the House.
Go get ‘em, Nancy!
ditto
Five Health Care Promises Obama Won’t Keep
Stephanie Condon Reporting
Posted: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 3:50AM
“On the campaign trail last year, President Obama laid out several specific promises for health care — both during the Democratic primaries and during the general election campaign. And in his first year in office, President Obama has made comprehensive health care reform the centerpiece of his domestic agenda.
“But what happened to those promises?”
http://www.wwj.com/Five-Health…..ep/5269544
Happy Hour Roundup: Reid, Rahm Made Hundreds Of Calls To Move Baucus Bill
The Plum LineGreg Sargent’s blog
“* Were Harry Reid and the White House far more involved in shepherding the Senate Finance Committee bill through than previously thought? Reid aides tell me that throughout the summer, he was on literally hundreds of calls with Rahm Emanuel and Max Baucus, discussing ways to push forward past one obstacle after another.
I couldn’t determine what logjams Reid or Rahm broke. But the volume of calls is still interesting, suggesting Reid and Rahm both took the wheel on this far more firmly than previously thought, for better or worse.”
More.