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THE QUESTION
What Does the Bill Miss?
The Senate Finance Committee passed a bill containing its version of the health-care overhaul. Are you satisfied with this bill? What does it miss?
Posted by Ceci Connolly on October 13, 2009 10:59 AM
FROM THE PANEL
America has the best health-care system
Let us not allow ourselves and our politicians to create a crisis when there is none.
Posted by Sue Falkner Wood, on October 20, 2009 12:28 PM
Best We Can Do?
I get it. It's a tough situation and they're doing their best. But I refuse to believe that the best we can do still leaves millions and millions of Americans behind.
Posted by Doug Ulman, on October 16, 2009 9:49 AM
Keep Focused
Sen. Max Baucus and the Finance Committee have delivered a health reform proposal that can improve the health-care system by expanding health and prescription drug coverage, increasing quality and making care more affordable.
Posted by David Brennan, on October 15, 2009 2:52 PM
It's Missing the Point
Without a public option, it is not what can be called reform. If the democrats continue to woo Snowe and her cohorts it is clear we won't see a public option in any final reform either.
Posted by Kathy-Ellen Kups, on October 14, 2009 10:30 PM
A Squandered Opportunity
Unfortunately, as the process wore on, the Finance Committee ultimately side-stepped delivery reforms. Worse, it devolved to the left's tried and true formula to expand coverage: higher taxes and more government.
Posted by Newt Gingrich, on October 14, 2009 3:32 PM
NFIB's Take
NFIB appreciates the many provisions in this package that reflect small businesses' needs, which are rooted in approaches that aim to lower cost, increase coverage options and provide real competition in the private marketplace.
Posted by Robert F. Graboyes, on October 14, 2009 10:57 AM
Personal Accountability
What's needed is a new 'health delivery' framework that drives value, rewards experimentation, puts consumers in charge, and enables innovation--essentially changing the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of everyone involved in health delivery.
Posted by Peter Neupert, on October 13, 2009 11:40 PM
14-9 and Still Counting
The Baucus bill, the least politically offensive, won the coveted moniker of bipartisan, though barely.
Posted by Chris T. Pernell, on October 13, 2009 10:57 PM
The Journey Continues
There must be a paradigm shift in how we value and promote health in America--whether we regard ourselves as one nation or a nation of independent individuals accountable only to one's self. Will we stand true to universal coverage? To health and wellness?
Posted by Chisara N. Asomugha, on October 13, 2009 9:25 PM
The Best Bill Is a Done Bill
The House bill, endorsed by three House committees, is much closer to the administration's vision of heatlh-care reform. It includes a public sector insurance plan that would set a high benchmark for affordable, high quality, comprehensive care.
Posted by Maggie Mahar, on October 13, 2009 7:14 PM
Much to Like
As a person who built and refined an employer-based health care program, and who feels passionately about health-care delivery and payment reform, as well as promotion of public health, I feel there is much to like in the bill, as well as some troubling provisions.
Posted by Michael Critelli, on October 13, 2009 6:05 PM
The Promise of an Individual Mandate
While no plan will be perfect, the good news is that with the Senate Finance Committee's bill, we're on our way toward achieving universal coverage of health insurance in the U.S.
Posted by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, on October 13, 2009 5:40 PM
We Can Improve It
This lack of universality and residual concerns about affordability are two major areas that must be improved upon in the final combined Senate bill.
Posted by Georges Benjamin, on October 13, 2009 5:17 PM
Building Up From the Legislative Floor
The Baucus bill - while far from perfect - is a reasonable, responsible effort to deal with the dual crises of ballooning health-care costs and the swelling ranks of the uninsured.
Posted by Angela Glover Blackwell, on October 13, 2009 5:15 PM
This Bill Is Not Reform
This bill is a step forward procedurally and it scored well but it is not reform, and it will not help the Democrats in 2010.
Posted by Howard Dean, on October 13, 2009 3:21 PM
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