Barack Hussein Obama vs William Jefferson Clinton – who is more Intelligent?
September 62009
Deficit Obama vs Surplus Clinton. President Barack Obama and congressional Democratic leaders are trying to mend fissures within their own party over plans to overhaul U.S. health care.
A rebellion over the cost of the legislation prompted Obama to summon some Democrats to the White House for talks as a congressional committee delayed drafting its bill and Republicans sought to capitalize on the friction.
Negotiations over the most sweeping changes in health care in more than four decades have proven so difficult that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer left open the possibility Congress may fail to meet Obamas August deadline for legislation.
The seven of us cant support the bill as it stands, said Representative Mike Ross of Arkansas, a leader of the Blue Dog Coalition of fiscally conservative Democrats, speaking for a group of lawmakers who met with Obama yesterday to voice concern over a plan unveiled July 14 by House leaders.
Obama spent more than an hour talking with those lawmakers, who are members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has yet to pass its part of the legislation.
To help win over the Blue Dogs, Committee Chairman Henry Waxman agreed to include a provision to create an independent commission to set reimbursement rates for Medicare providers each year. Ross said such a body would take politics out of decisions on the federal insurance program for the elderly.
Waxman, a California Democrat, postponed plans for his panel to debate the legislation today so talks can continue.
Turning Point
During the White House meeting, Obama asked lawmakers to take a favorable attitude toward his proposal to set up the five-member commission, Waxman said.
Acknowledging his own personal misgivings, Waxman said such a panel would have a lot of power to cut health-care costs. He said he couldnt speculate on how much authority Congress would ultimately surrender to a commission.
The Blue Dogs members thought that committee made a lot of sense, Waxman said. He called the agreement to include such a committee a major turning point of discussions.
Ross said the group arrived at the White House with 10 Blue Dog demands and spent most of the time on two priorities: producing a deficit-neutral measure and containing costs.
The current House plan would expand insurance coverage to 97 percent of Americans while adding $239 billion to the budget deficit over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The Blue Dogs say it doesnt do enough to control the spiraling costs of Medicare and Medicaid.
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