Remember what "bipartisan" means to Democrats. It means we sell out our principles and adopt theirs. Then the GOP votes against the deal anyway. (Think $300bn in tax cuts in the stimulus package.) This really doesn't sound good. It will be interesting, to put it lightly, to see what the White House and Senator Reid have to say.
From AP:
After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits a requirement for businesses to offer coverage to their workers and lacks a government insurance option that President Barack Obama favors, according to numerous officials.
Like bills drafted by Democrats, the proposal under discussion by six members on the Senate Finance Committee would bar insurance companies from denying coverage to any applicant. Nor could insurers charge higher premiums on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions.
But it jettisons other core Democratic provisions in a reach for bipartisanship on an issue that has so far produced little.
