More Inside the Tent
Fourth District Democratic Congressman Jim Himes feels that the people who wrote the current health care reform bill have not done enough work to reduce, as he puts it, “the ridiculous cost of health care”.
August remains the target for the White House of having Congress pass health care legislation. Congressman Himes wants a leaner version of the bill to vote on before the Congressional recess.
Assuming that it’s reasonable to re-write the bill to be “leaner” in the next twelve days, I wonder what parts of the policy Himes would like to see carved out? I asked five days ago and haven’t gotten an answer, which isn’t too unreasonable, but I do hope they can decide soon. The clock’s ticking.
Of course, the simplest part of the healthcare system to eliminate to save costs would be insurance company profits. My understanding is that, to date, those haven’t been on the table. But maybe I’m underestimating the New Dems caucus!
July 21st, 2009 at 5:53 pm
re: the Hoyer Henchmen letter, did Congressman Himes have any concrete suggestions about funding the public plan other than increasing taxes on the wealthy?
He’s against a lot of things, but I don’t yet know what he’s for.