Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus stepped to the forefront of the national debate over healthcare with a sweeping universal-coverage plan, pushing the issue to the top of the next Congress's agenda.
"In 2009, Congress must take up and act on meaningful health reform legislation that achieves coverage for all Americans while also addressing the underlying problems in our health system," the Montana Democrat said in a policy paper released Wednesday. "The urgency of this task has become undeniable.
Under the Montana Democrat's plan, all Americans would be required to hold a health insurance policy, going one step further than President-elect Barack Obama's plan. Individuals could keep their existing health plans or join a nationwide insurance pool to buy coverage, the price tag of which would be reduced with government subsidies. Insurers would not be allowed to discriminate based on pre-existing conditions, a centerpiece of Obama's plan.
Baucus's plan comes after Sen. Edward Kennedy (Mass.), who chairs a key health committee, and other top Democrats have sent clear signals that the 111th Congress will attempt to enact a sweeping healthcare plan — despite the skyrocketing national debt. Obama has listed healthcare as a priority on his agenda, but he has suggested that a big push may wait until after the financial system stabilizes.
I can safely say that there will be plenty of doctors that voted for these idiots that will be looking at this and going ...nuhuh... I am not working for the gubermint
Universal health care sounds good without mention of the negatives, doesn't it? I mean, if this could ever possibly work the way that everybody wants it to work, then it would be great, but that will never happen. Face it you ignorant ass-clowns, we are a society that is all about personal gain and this universal health care plan does not jive well with that notion.
my guess is that his version of attacking the causes would be attacking insurance companies, pharmacudicals, and hospitals without ever touching the reasons that caused healthcare to skyrocket.
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