It's All Over but the Cryin'

The Stupak coalition told Pelosi they refused to pass the Senate's version of health care and, as predicted, the White House is now admitting the unpopular, voluminous bill is dead. "A simpler, less ambitious bill emerged as an alternative only hours after the loss of the party's crucial 60th Senate seat forced the Democrats to slow their all-out drive to pass Obama's signature legislation and reconsider all options. No decisions have been made, lawmakers said, but they laid out a new approach that could still include these provisions: limiting the ability of insurance companies to deny coverage to people with medical problems, allowing young adults to stay on their parents' policies, helping small businesses and low-income people pay premiums and changing Medicare to encourage payment for quality care instead of sheer volume of services." That's it. It's finally over. Click on title above for the full article.