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…Do you have an explanation for why [student loan reform is] an integral part of health care reform, but doctor reimbursement rates aren't?
Just as doctor reimbursement was excluded from the health care reform bill because it made it more difficult to pass the bill, the addition of the student loan reform bill makes it more easy to pass that, and most people outside of red-dog conservatives readily recognize student loan reform as ‘a good thing.’
Excerpted from “The Other Huge Reform At Stake Sunday” By Jonathan Chait, The New Republic, March 19, 2010 | 9:45 am
… [[SIZE="+2"]T[/SIZE]]he fact that this [combined health care reform and student loan reconciliation bill] is a straight majority vote means the usual coalition of every Republican plus a couple Democratic shills won't be enough to stop it. This would be a major advance for the cause of good government reform.