There is a possibility that there might not be a conference committee for health care reform. I think it is a trial balloon and House progressive need to pull a quick freak out or lose any power to reshape the bill.

The Ben Nelson version of the Stupak amendment is about to come up for a vote. For all practical purposes the Ben Nelson amendment is identical to Stupak.

Marta has an update on the One Voice For Choice campaign against the Stupak amendment.

The Senate is possibly thinking about an early Medicare buy in for people over 55 instead of a public option. Without real details it is really impossible to judge how good the idea is.

Stabenow is ready to trade away the public option.

The OPM run non-profit exchange is unlikely to have any value and will not produce anything like an all payer system like Germany or Switzerland.

It looks like Obama decided to let Joe Lieberman run the country.

Finally there is something I can agree with the insurance industry on.