The Congressional Black Caucus -- alarmed by reports that President Obama may plan to ditch the public option and reduce the scale of health care reform -- is pre-emptively warning the president to express his "unwavering support" for the progressive provisions in his speech next week.
In a letter to Obama, CBC Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee writes:
"[W]e are deeply concerned about the current discussions surrounding health care reform and the possibility that current components of the bill – such as a robust public option and myriad health disparity elimination provisions – may be stricken in order to lower its cost to about $500 billion."
Lee & Co. suggest that the 42-member member caucus won't back the plan if Obama goes squishy on the public option, a commitment to fund universal coverage, a commitment to equalize racial and income disparities in care delivery, coverage for U.S. territories and preventive care
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennt...on_speech.html
Coverage for US Territories, Geez it just gets wors each time someone brings up another provision of the bill. Also,
"equalize racial and income disparities in care delivery" WTF is that? On the surface, it's sounds very expensive.