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Everybody Hates BaucusCare . . . Except Obama?

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Other Politics
Posted on Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 01:44:06 PM EST
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Before the plan was even officially released, Republicans complained about it. [. . .] If Republicans on Finance are displeased with the bill, Dems--who have been essentially shut out of the entire process (Baucus debacle member Kent Conrad is hardly representative of his colleagues, and Jeff Bingaman has been all but invisible)-- don't like it much better.

. . . [T]he White House [. . .] line:

President Obama has broadly endorsed many elements of Mr. Baucus’s proposal, which White House officials praise as a possible template for comprehensive health legislation, Mr. Obama’s top domestic priority.

BaucusCare will become ObamaCare? Time will tell.

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    Everybody Hates BaucusCare . . . Except Obama? | 9 comments (9 topical)

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    I think (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by Ga6thDem on Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 01:47:39 PM EST
    Baucuscare has always been Obamacare since Obama put forth no package of his own and handed the whole thing off to Baucus.

    Via magster (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by andgarden on Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 01:49:27 PM EST
    not if Pelosi gets her way.

    Good stuff (none / 0) (#3)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 01:52:17 PM EST
    New post.

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    He endorsed BaucusCare for the (5.00 / 2) (#5)
    by masslib on Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 03:23:37 PM EST
    most part in his speech last week.  I think this is all kabuki.  The House bill as written does not offer a public option as "choice" that can "compete" with the private insurance sector, which Pelosi wants to see "thrive"(shudder).  I think it does matter the entire aim of reform has changed from offering what was essentially Medicare for anyone, to a small regulatory role for the feds in exchange for a captive market for insurers.  My prediction, if any PO passes at all, it will what has already been crafted in Congress, which is little more than leper care, the rest of the bill will pass as it did in MA.  We will see more insured, more marginal gains around the edges(mostly due to the expansion of Medicaid), higher costs, higher percent of GDP going to health care.  Obama will be long gone by the time folks figure out it didn't work.  And, we'll be back talking about how to lower health care costs and improve health care.

    Hedging his bets (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by Demi Moaned on Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 03:55:35 PM EST
    It seems to me that Obama is more or less in favor of anything that's proposed. He certainly has talked up the public option.

    It seems to me that he doesn't want the passage of anything to be viewed as a defeat for him.

    "Jeff Bingaman has been... (none / 0) (#4)
    by desertswine on Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 02:18:20 PM EST
    all but invisible"

    Bingaman has made a career out of being invisible, always flying low, under the radar; always avoiding any controversy.

    Public Option (none / 0) (#7)
    by norris morris on Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 04:27:39 PM EST
    Obama sounds like he's going to cave.

    In fact, I think that's already happened. We've been watching the disfavored party amid their leadership vacuum manage to control the healthcare debate and rise from the ashes.  Thanks to Obama's vague,tentative,fence straddling behavior this summer he's given the GOP some momentum for which they are crazy with glee.

    Where's Change?

    The only thing Obama could cave to (none / 0) (#8)
    by Spamlet on Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 04:43:05 PM EST
    at this point IS the public option.

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    "has broadly endorsed many elements of" (none / 0) (#9)
    by s5 on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 02:21:51 AM EST
    I would also endorse many elements of the Baucus plan. Many elements of the Baucus plan are in the HELP bill and HR 3200. Obama himself has said that there is agreement on 80% of what they're trying to do.

    That doesn't mean the Baucus plan will be the bill that passes. So far it looks like everyone hates it.

    In that sense, it's the only bipartisan bill on the table. There's plenty for both parties to hate.

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