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Rockefeller's frustration was apparent not just because his constituents badly need health-care reform - 16% of West Virginians are uninsured - but also because his amendment to the Senate Finance Committee's current health-reform bill was doomed to fail. It was voted down, 15 to 8, with five Democrats - including committee chairman Max Baucus - joining all 10 Republicans on the committee in opposition. Baucus, who agrees with Rockefeller that a public option would save the Federal Government money and lower costs for consumers, nonetheless believes that a bill with such an option will not garner enough support to overcome...
...Senators Bill Nelson and Thomas Carper. It still failed, 13 to 10, but the new tally indicated that there may be some room to negotiate with wary Democrats on the structure of a public option. The Senate Finance Committee is one of five in Congress with jurisdiction over health care; bills from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and three committees in the House do contain public options. There is also a chance, however slight, that 60 Senators would vote to end a filibuster, even if some of them peeled away when it came time to vote...
...costing no more than 13% of adjusted gross income for those earning more than 300% of the federal poverty line (or around $66,000 for a family of four); for those earning less, the out-of-pocket maximum ranges down to 3% of income. (See 10 players in health-care reform...
...minimum standards for adequate insurance coverage defined elsewhere in health-reform legislation. She also does not specify what entity would evaluate affordability or run her public option, described only as a "nonprofit government corporation." Snowe could bring the amendment before the committee later this week. (See more about health care...
...where many conservative Blue Dog Democrats have said they will not vote for a bill that contains a public option, wrangling over the proposal is not quite so public. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in the process of merging bills from the three committees there with jurisdiction over health care, and the design of the public plan is one of the sticking points. The original version of the House bill contained a public option that would have set its reimbursement rates above, but still tied to, Medicare rates. But an amendment that passed in the House Energy Committee would have...