So implies Congressional Quarterly, which reported today that the Obama administration is leaning toward a strategy of basing its “bipartisanship” determination on GOP amendments to the health bill, rather than the number of GOP votes the proposal ultimately wins.
[P]rivately, White House officials said the administration is moving closer
In the wake of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s party-line passage of sweeping health reform legislation this morning, all eyes are now on Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who’s still scrambling to craft a proposal that can win GOP votes.
To succeed, Baucus will More…
President Obama today made official an $80 billion deal with the pharmaceutical industry to cut prescription drug costs for the nation’s seniors.
As it is, Medicare patients are forced to pay the full cost for their prescription drugs when annual expenses fall between $2,700 and $6,154. Under the new More…
Just hours after President Obama reiterated his plans for overhauling the nation’s health care system to trim costs and cover the 46 million people estimated to lack insurance, the Congressional Budget Office came out with a grim analysis of one major Democratic proposal designed with the same goals in More…
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