Ryan Grim at Huffington Post managed to get some details out of Ben Nelson. He confirmed that at least four items had been sent to the CBO for an estimate known as a score: an expansion of Medicaid; broadening Sen. Maria Cantwell’s (D-Wash.) Basic Health program to people within 300 percent of the federal poverty [...]

Cantwell’s “basic health program” (section 1331 page 210) is one of the better ideas found in the Senate bill but not in the House bill. I support the basic health plan not because I’m a huge fan of the idea, but simply because I know the idea can work. It is clearly better than putting [...]

The Washington Times has a story about Mark Warner addressing one of the biggest unspoken problems in the health care reform debate. “I wish the president would have started the debate by explaining to the American people that our current health care system is not financially sustainable, for even another decade,” Mr. Warner said. “Driving [...]