Round 1 of health care fight goes to the Democrats…barely
Given the Democrats’ sizeable majority in the House of Representatives it’s telling that the Democratic health care reform bill passed by just 5 votes (220 – 215) in a rare Saturday session. No Republicans supported the bill and several conservative Democrats did not side with their colleagues on a bill that costs $1 trillion but dramatically expands health care coverage. As the bill faces hostile prospects in the Senate, is it realistic to think that any health care reform package will emerge from Congress before 2010?
Given the Democrats’ sizeable majority in the House of Representatives it’s telling that the Democratic health care reform bill passed by just 5 votes (220 – 215) in a rare Saturday session. No Republicans supported the bill and several conservative Democrats did not side with their colleagues on a bill that costs $1 trillion but dramatically expands health care coverage. As the bill faces hostile prospects in the Senate, is it realistic to think that any health care reform package will emerge from Congress before 2010?
Guests:
Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia’s 6th District; chairman of the House Republican Study Committee; M.D., former orthopedic surgeon and professor of medicine at Emory University
Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pennsylvania’s 13th District; member of the House Ways & Means Committee
- Patt Morrison for November 9, 2009
- Round 1 of health care fight goes to the Democrats…barely
- Desalination will solve California’s water problems….not quite
- Comcast-NBC’s mega deal in the works
- Jonathan Safran Foer isn’t Eating Animals
- You can be a kid and eat vegetarian - and be healthy
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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