Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi and the House Dems got the CBO score on healthcare reform back and posted the bill online for 72 hours for review. The Healthcare and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 is posted here [PDF]. Speaker Pelosi’s website has some good links to summaries, the CBO scoring and other info on the bill. Take some time to peruse it, it has a pretty good shot at being the law of the land in the coming weeks.
May I also add that Igor Volsky of ThinkProgress has excellent summaries (with charts!) of the CBO score and the reconciliation changes.
Democrats plan doc fix after reform — leaked memo attached, Politico (adds $371B)
Politico ^ | March 19, 2010 | Politico
Democrats are planning to introduce legislation later this spring that would permanently repeal annual Medicare cuts to doctors, but are warning lawmakers not to talk about it for fear that it will complicate their push to pass comprehensive health reform. The plans undercut the party’s message that reform lowers the deficit, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO. Democrats removed the so-called doc fix from the reform legislation last year because its $371-billion price tag would have made it impossible for Democrats to claim that their bill reduces the deficit. Republicans have argued for months that by stripping the doc…
Irrelevant. The Doc fix is a separate issue from the HCR bill, and needs to be done anyway. That’s why it was taken out.
Evil has a new spelling HEARA 2010.
How can the doc fix be irrelevant when the savings in the bill are based in large part on it? Pelosi said it is coming. No need for a “secret” memo. She said it publicly. They have no plan to firm up the program. They are playing games with the health care of seniors in order to grab more power over our lives. That is just evil.
How can the doc fix be irrelevant when the savings in the bill are based in large part on it?
I hadn’t heard that. Mind throwing me a link?