This may be a small bit of encouragement on the contentious health care issue. A deal with moderate Democrats, however tentative, has been reached in the House of Representatives on the health care reform bill. Among the protections agreed to are requiring health insurers to set annual caps on how much they can charge for out-of-pocket expenses, and making them cover routine tests to help prevent illness and would be required to renew any policy when policyholder paid the premiums in full.
The whole objective is to get costs done, and President Obama is pleased with the progress in the House. Much more of a pain is the Senate version, where the chairman of the Finance Committee, Max Baucus (D-Montana), seems rather reluctant to commit to the public option Obama wants. In fact, he's proposed scuttling it altogether.
Health care reform hangs so much in the balance now, perhaps an August recess to allow everyone involved to simmer down wouldn't be a bad thing.
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I spoke too soon in my last paragraph!
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