Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota says that there are good arguments for the proposal but probably not the votes it needs in the Senate.
Most Republicans and some Democrats object to the government getting into the health insurance business, saying it would hurt private insurers. Obama argues that a government option would help keep down costs.
Conrad is proposing a compromise plan that would set up membership-based cooperatives using government help but not run by the government.
THE AMA OPPOSES IT, TOO.
IT'S DEAD.
UPDATE: LIEBERMAN OPPOSES IT TOO!
NOW: WE GOTTA KILL CAP'N TRADE!
AND RESCIND THE PORKULUS!
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If Cap and Trade doesn't get killed, the business I am starting will go under. It requires a large amount of LNG.... :(
Watch the Greenies come out of the woodwork for Cap and Trade. Never mind that it will hobble our economy for decades, never mind that we have abundant domestic supplies of coal, natural gas and oil....let's just pander to the Church of Al Gore and pretend that those factual lapses and deliberate misdirection of facts were made up.
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