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House Retains Public Option In Compromise, But Delays Vote Until September | TPMDC
Yeah! Public option still on the table and Blue Dogs getting in line! Excellent.
Yeah! Public option still on the table and Blue Dogs getting in line! Excellent.
Ok, here's some late breaking detail on the nature of the compromise between House Blue Dogs and Democratic leadrs.
I'll fill in more blanks as I get more information, but here are some key aspects of the agreements. After a week or so of canceled hearings, the Energy and Commerce Committee will continue to mark up House health care legislation this afternoon, and pass a bill by the end of the week. On substance, the exemption from penalties to small businesses that do not provide health care to workers has been raised slightly to include small businesses with payrolls of $500,000 per year or less.
The public option hasn't gone away, and remains in tact. States will be able to erect health care co-operatives if they choose, but that would be in addition to the public option.
I'm still not entirely clear where the $100 billion cost cut comes from, and, as before, it's hard to know what will happen to the politics of this over the August recess. But there will almost certainly be a bill ready for a vote when the House comes back into session in September.