There may be a vote on the abortion-funding amendment in the Senate health care reform debate today. If you have strong feelings about whether your tax dollars go to funding abortion, today is a good opportunity to get your view on the record with Senator Lugar and Senator Bayh. A simple “I am opposed to tax-payer funded abortion in any health care reform bill” will do.
Here’s a confidence-booster. The Senate is looking at a compromise measure to get over the public option hurdle in their debate on health care reform legislation. Their bright idea? Put the agency responsible for Recovery.gov and for tracking “jobs created or saved” by the stimulus fiasco, the Office of Personnel Management, in charge, according to the Wall Street Journal:
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The Baucus Senate bill isn’t aimed at making health care affordable for everybody, it’s an all-out assault on the private market, according to Real Clear Politics: Destroying Private Health Insurance
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The Baucus bill greatly increases the Medicaid burden on states. But don’t worry if you live in Nevada. Your Senator is looking out for you. From the New York Times, Majority Leader Protects Home State
From the Wall Street Journal, Max’s Mad Mandate
The more we inspect Max Baucus’s health-care bill, the worse it looks. Today’s howler: One reason it allegedly “pays for itself” over 10 years is because it would break all 50 state budgets by permanently expanding Medicaid, the joint state-federal program for the poor.
In Senator Max Baucus’s health care reform bill is a provision that mandates individuals to buy health insurance or face a fine. The fine was $3800, now reduced to $1900. The President has insisted that this is not a tax. From Politico, Flout the mandate penalty? Face the IRS
Accountability? We don’t need no stinkin’ accountability. From the Foundry, Obamacare Puts Transparency and Accountability on Death Bed
