As the Senate awaits a Congressional Budget Office estimate of its latest health care proposal, word is trickling out that Democrats are entertaining what Sam Stein of The Huffington Post describes as the “nightmare scenario.”
He writes,
There is, currently, a nightmare scenario afflicting Democrats on Capitol Hill with regards to health care reform. And it goes like this: Sometime early next week, leadership gets word from the Congressional Budget Office on their latest outline of reform. The legislative language on which they’ve settled — the one with the clearest promise yet of getting the votes needed to cut off a Republican filibuster — has actually scored quite poorly, saving less money over time and covering fewer people than earlier versions of the bill.
Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln, a pivotol player in the health care debate, stated that if the CBO cost estimates are too high or if the plan covered too few then senators would have to “go back to the drawing board.”
There is no Republican fillibuster. Dems have sixty votes on paper. The only people holding anything up and forcing us to this point when we could have had a very good, cost saving bill with a public option are Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Landreu, and of course, Plantation Blanche.
i think blanche is a one termer! its a shame that I got a letter from my insurance provider stating that if the bill passes, that my insurance will raise 100.00 per month. i make 1100.00 per month. only the rich will pay the majority of health care? guess im richer than i first thought! think i`ll go out and buy a new mercedes, and get rid of this 88 ford taurus.