Obama To Finally Lay Out His Health Care Insurance Reform Goals - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views): "Under the department of 'it's about time' we learn this from Marc Ambinder:
Next week, President Obama is going to give Democrats a health care plan they can begin to sell.
He plans to list specific goals that any health insurance reform plan that arrives at his desk must achieve, according to Democratic strategists familiar with the plan. Some of these 'goals' have already been agreed to, including new anti-discrimination restrictions on insurance companies. Others will be new, including the level of subsidies he expects to give the uninsured so they can buy into the system.
Obama will also specify a 'pay for' mechanism he prefers, and will specify an income level below which he does not want to see taxed.
I guess Democrats feel it's better late than never, but if health care insurance reform is Obama's highest priority and signature issue, shouldn't this have been something handed to Congress on January 21st instead of something finally cobbled together in September?
And doesn't this again demonstrate both a lack of executive experience and leadership we've been talking about for the past two days? In a word: yes.
As to the cite above, one of the more interesting aspects of his plan wi"
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