“Will you commit to giving Americans at least a week to review the full conference version of the health care bill before it is voted on? And also will you commit to submitting the final version to the CBO [Congressional Budget Office] so that they can report the cost to the public?”
Like Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said last week that he would not commit to giving the public a week to review the final text of the health-care bill.
The three House committees working on the health-care plan have released what they call a “discussion draft” of the legislation. It is 850 pages long.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has produced its own 615-page draft that is missing key sections, including the section that would explain the “public option”or government-run health insurance organization.
This final bill is likely to be well over 1,000 pages long and will include mandates and regulations that could permanently transform the U.S. health care system.
In February, lawmakers had less than 48 hours to review the final conference report on the economic stimulus bill before voting for it.
President Obama is pushing for both houses of Congress to vote on health-care legislation before they take a recess in August. He wants the bill on his desk by October.
Republicans argue that such a sweeping reform should not be rushed.
Senator Orrin Hatch said:
“This is much more serious than the rushed and ill-conceived stimulus legislation. If we fail to do this the right way in order to simply check the health reform box, we will all suffer the consequences for the rest of our lives "
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I hope this is from the Onion!
WE can't see what we are going to pay for?
Well, that is not out of keeping with this Fascist administration.
WE can't see CO2 either but we are going to pay for that! Dearly.
This administration want ALL of us to be dependent on the guvmint. Wards of the state.
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