Getting Health Reform Done

February 2nd, 2010 admin

Although President Obama’s State of the Union address made it clear that he has a long list of  urgent priorities for the coming year, the President certainly did not signal retreat on the signature initiative of his first year—health care reform.  His words were “do not walk away from reform, not now, not when we are so close,” “finish the job” and “let’s get it done.”  Indeed, he repeated “let’s get it done” twice. So how do we “get it done?” The smartest approach procedurally would be for the House and Senate to pass a reconciliation bill—a budget bill that requires only a simple majority to pass—that makes the requisite …


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