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Firedoglake is liveblogging the heatlh care debate in the U.S. House.
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AS we speak, we're losing the battle to pass a health care reform bill through the US House of Representatives. Keep in mind that the strongest version of the public option, which was watered down in order to appease conservative blue dog dems, is not in the final package.
Here's some commentary from Booman which I think nicely sums this up:
Answer Me This
by BooMan
Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 07:24:44 PM EST
It's pretty sad that even with a public option not tied to Medicare reimbursement rates (i.e., not robust), the House leadership is struggling like hell to prevent 40 Democrats from defecting and voting with John Boehner. You can lay the blame for that in a number of places, including the White House, including Rahm Emanuel's pattern of recruitment as DCCC chair, including the campaign finance system, including the Senate and their shitty health care plan. But it all comes down to 40 individuals making autonomous decisions. I can tolerate a wide swath of disagreement on most issues, but access to affordable health care isn't one of them. For me, that's the bedrock of the whole platform. Tell me why I'm wrong.
Well, you're not wrong Booman. There probably won't be a vote tonight because I don' t think they have the votes. Tomorrow we should know. No matter how the vote comes out I really think we need to start thinking about third party efforts.
Firedoglake is blogging the House debate here. You can also watch live on C-Span.
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