Watching the evening news tonight, it has become clear to me that no-one, not me, not the political pundits, nor the senators themselves, knows what if any, health care legislation gets to be passed by the Senate.
Will it include a public option or won’t it? Will it produce cost savings? Will it curb insurance company abuses? Will it extend insurance to millions of the uninsured? Will there be a state opt out?
Well, since four Democratic Senators, ( Blanche Lincoln, (D-AR) Max Baucus,(D-MN) Ben Nelson (D-NE), and Mary Landrieu (D-LA)) have gone on record as stating that they will not support the public option in its current form, aswell as one former Democrat, (Joe Leiberman I-CT) stating that he would not support a public option in any form; political lines in the sand have been firmly staked out on both sides of the debate. Read the full story


