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...legislation on Tuesday. And still no Republicans have signed on. Despite the Montana Senator's unshakable confidence that his push for bipartisanship will bear fruit, it is looking increasingly likely that Democrats will have to go it alone on health care - or at least virtually alone, with Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, the one moderate Republican who has remained open to supporting the bill. Walking down the corridors of the Senate on Sept. 17, I encountered a senior Senate Democratic aide whistling Simon & Garfunkel's classic "I Am a Rock," the lyrics to which, he noted bemusedly, Democrats should take heart...
...There are many options for compromise on the table—including Republican Senator Olympia Snowe’s widely touted “triggered public option” plan. Overall, it remains likely a bill will pass. If we are to take the president at his word, we will ultimately choose whichever plan achieves the prize: passing a bill that covers everyone and begins to lower costs—even if the public option must be swapped for votes...
...live possibility" is the idea of adding a so-called trigger that would create a public plan if private insurance companies fail to do enough to bring down costs and make coverage available to enough Americans. That is an idea that has been proposed by, among others, Maine Republican Olympia Snowe, who is the only Finance Committee Republican considered likely to vote for the bill. The current version of the bill provides only for nonprofit, member-owned cooperatives as an alternative to private insurance companies...
...public option. One such proposal, favored by North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad, a Democrat, is to set up “co-ops” or non-governmental, consumer-owned entities to compete with private insurers rather than a government-administered insurance provider. Others, such as Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican, suggest implementing a “trigger option,” which would give insurance companies a window of time in which to implement reforms or else have a public option come into existence at the end of the window should they fail to meet certain benchmarks. Many...
...Obama admitted in a prespeech interview with ABC that he made the mistake of keeping a distance from Congress because he didn't want to "step on any toes." Shoring up moderate Dems is a beginning; he must also work to garner support across the aisle, where Maine's Olympia Snowe is currently considered the most likely convert. During the summer of discontent, the White House stopped reaching out to some key potential votes: the other Senator from Maine, Susan Collins, says she hasn't heard from anyone at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue since July, and retiring Ohio...