Obama Writing Health Bill to Skirt GOP Filibuster

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President Obama is working on health care legislation intended to reconcile differences between House and Senate Democrats that could be attached to a budget bill and avoid a Republican filibuster, according to a published report.

The president's proposal, which is still being written, will be posted on the Internet by Monday morning, senior administration officials and Congressional aides told the New York Times.

By piggybacking the legislation onto a budget bill, Democrats would be able to advance the bill with a simple majority of just 51 votes, averting a Republican filibuster in the Senate.

Why isn't Main Street privy to what is being written?

Why is Obama ignoring Main Street?

Why isn't Obama's plan being publicly debated?

What happened to transparency? Posting the bill online before anyone votes on it?

Can bad ideas be made better by false 'compromise' rammed down the throat of Americans?

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Obama's plan, like the House and Senate bills, would expand coverage to some 30 million, require most Americans to carry insurance or face financial penalties, and block insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions, the Times reported.

One Capitol Hill Democrat told the Times abortion remains "a wild card."

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that Obama plans to have a health proposal that "will take some of the best ideas and put them into a framework" ahead of the Feb. 25 summit.

What happened to transparency? Posting the bill online before anyone votes on it?

Can bad ideas be made better by false 'compromise' rammed down the throat of Americans?

more here http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/19/obama-keeps-democratic-health-option-open/

A bigger bailout for unions? More taxation in disguise?

A financial disaster to dampen innovation and prosperity, while leaving the nation in a state of perpetual debt? Slavery?

Why not start with a fresh sheet of paper?