Health plan may lack bipartisan support
Friday, September 11th, 2009
By: Susan Phillips
sphillips@whyy.org
Vice President Joe Biden is predicting that legislation overhauling the country's health care system will be on President Barack Obama's desk before Thanksgiving.
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Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak says he's confident Congress will pass a health reform bill. But he says it might not come with bipartisan support.
Sestak: There is some chance for bipartisanship but at the end of the day, unfortunately you cannot sacrifice good policy at the altar of bipartisanship.
Sestak says any reform bill needs a public option, or an equivalent, that would be less costly than current healthcare plans.
Some congressional Republicans say President Barack Obama squandered a chance to build bipartisan support in his health-care address to Congress.
They say the problem is his continuing support for a government-run plan for the uninsured.
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