Top Dem: No comprehensive health reform this year

[biopowertoday]

Source: The Hill



By Bob Cusack
Posted: 01/25/09 04:05 PM


........"I would much rather see it done that way, incrementally, than to go out and just bite something you can't chew. We've been down that road. I still remember 1994."

Clyburn was referring to President Clinton and Hillary Clinton's healthcare plan, which failed to pass the Democratic Congress and helped Republicans gain control of Congress after the 1994 elections.

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who is
Top Dem: No comprehensive health reform this year battling brain cancer, has made it clear that he favors a comprehensive healthcare bill. When he gave up his seat on the Judiciary Committee late last year, Kennedy issued a statement that stressed his commitment to pass a universal coverage bill soon: "As chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, I expected to lead a very full agenda in the <111th> Congress, including working with President Obama to guarantee affordable health care, at long last, for every American. This is the opportunity of a lifetime, and I intend to make the most of it."

Obama has not detailed his timetable for healthcare reform, but has emphasized that the recession will not stop him from launching his effort to revamp the healthcare system. The president has vowed to enact major healthcare reforms by the end of his first term............

Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/citing-1994-clyburn-embraces-incremental-health-reform-2009-01-25.html

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This is NOT good. Health care is a top priority for many of us.
And look at all the jobs lost lately and more to come.