The next step is the consideration of issues House, probably in September. In the Senate, several officials said Max Baucus had informed fellow senators he intends to convene his Finance Committee to begin voting by September 15.
At present, the draft law does not go well with Republicans and even some Democrats. Few concessions were made to their proposed amendments, mainly dealing with: the elimination of a public plan option; not to increase the deficit; new rules governing medical decisions, waiting time to see a doctor and HSA options; and prohibitions on abortion funding and benefits to illegal immigrants.
This is not a small list.
And they do not take this month off to campaign for them. In the Senate, plans are already in motion for public meetings and a blizzard of appearances on radio and television.
Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, a family practice physician, and John Barrasso of Wyoming, an orthopedic surgeon, will take their "Senate Doctors Show," an Internet program on the road to argued that democratically not improve care or control costs.
in the House, representative Mike Pence of Indiana, chairman of the Republican Conference, distributed a packet to colleagues Friday urging him to argue that the Democrats plan would include "more than $ 800 billion in new tax hikes" and "harmful cuts" to Medicare that would "result in millions of seniors losing their health coverage . "
Of course, the Democrats have their own offensive in August planned but are preparing specifically against insurers, a more hard-line approach against the industry than they have married so far .
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