^ cjkinsey, this is my opinion. A healthcare reform bill cannot attempt to solve immigration reform or tort reform. Doing so would ensure nothing at all gets passed. Thus, I believe the healthcare reform bill should leave things as is (hospitals treat in ERs, and contrary to popular belief, they do receive compensation from the fed govt, they don’t have to “eat” the entire cost).
For me, it’s not a question of fiscal responsibility, it’s a question of limiting this bill to healthcare reform. Obama has stated immigration reform will come later, and I’m sure it will. What that will end up being, no one knows.
Same for tort reform. i think these two issues are a Republican ploy to get their agenda passed through the back door because they know Obama and Dems really want healthcare reform.
Unfortunately, that works on Capitol Hill all the time. In CA, they passed legislation that stops the practice of adding last minute amendments that are not germane to the topic of the bill, and they have made some attempt to limit bills to single topics. Legislation that passes and contains provisions unrelated to topic generally aren’t good legislating, they’re attempts to win votes one by one by giving “bennies” to single individuals.
^ cjkinsey, this is my opinion. A healthcare reform bill cannot attempt to solve immigration reform or tort reform. Doing so would ensure nothing at all gets passed. Thus, I believe the healthcare reform bill should leave things as is (hospitals treat in ERs, and contrary to popular belief, they do receive compensation from the fed govt, they don’t have to “eat” the entire cost).
For me, it’s not a question of fiscal responsibility, it’s a question of limiting this bill to healthcare reform. Obama has stated immigration reform will come later, and I’m sure it will. What that will end up being, no one knows.
Same for tort reform. i think these two issues are a Republican ploy to get their agenda passed through the back door because they know Obama and Dems really want healthcare reform.
Unfortunately, that works on Capitol Hill all the time. In CA, they passed legislation that stops the practice of adding last minute amendments that are not germane to the topic of the bill, and they have made some attempt to limit bills to single topics. Legislation that passes and contains provisions unrelated to topic generally aren’t good legislating, they’re attempts to win votes one by one by giving “bennies” to single individuals.