The Senate Bill

Posted on 11/18/2009 at 6:23 pm by Bob Cesca

The CBO says it’ll cost $849 billion over ten years and cover 31 million additional people. Also, it reduces the deficit more than the House bill. Oh, and Kent Conrad confirmed that’s the opt-out public option is in there, along with the tax on Cadillac plans.

That’s all we know for now. I’ll be interested to see what this version of the public option does in terms of premiums.

And Ben Nelson is still a jackass.

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  • roxsteady

    And Nelson should see a plastic surgeon about that banana he calls a nose! It’s beek like!

  • eljefejeff

    well if it reduces the deficit, I guess Joe Lieberman will have to filibuster it.

  • GItheJOE

    I tried to activate my BOBCESCA symbol(similar to the Bat symbol but bigger) but the damn thing is broken.Can you post a copy of the bill when it hits the intertubes tonight?Thanks man. Oh…I think this bill has everything you wanted. Please pull the bullshit out of it asap so I can restart my life.

  • alopecia

    Is it me or are the “centrists” and “moderates” behaving like two-year-olds throwing tantrums in the middle of a Toys-R-Us? (I’d call them attention whores, but the term could be construed as a grievous insult to ladies of the evening.)

  • ceu

    2074 pages.It’s posted

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  • bibimimi

    GOP= ElephantsDems= DonkeysWingers= Tea BagsBen Nelson= Jackass

  • Stranahan

    From FDL…”…the big story of why this bill looks so good from the CBO’s perspective is that they delayed the implementation of the main pieces by one year. The exchanges, employer responsibility, individual mandate, and Medicaid expansion all don’t start until Jan. 1, 2014. That’s how they shrunk the cost.”

  • ceu

    Well…there’s this:Subtitle B—Immediate Actions to9 Preserve and Expand Coverage10 SEC. 1101. IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO INSURANCE FOR UNIN11SURED INDIVIDUALS WITH A PREEXISTING12 CONDITION.13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish15 a temporary high risk health insurance pool program to16 provide health insurance coverage for eligible individuals17 during the period beginning on the date on which such18 program is established and ending on January 1, 2014.so THAT’s not shitty.Hmmm…I’m thinking perhaps some time should be taken to actually read & digest what the bill says

  • stacib

    ceu: Will it end on 1/1/2014 because that’s when the public option kicks in and those folks will be rolled over into that, or will it be a done deal then? I’m confused.

  • ceu

    Not sure, stacib, as I haven’t read that far yet. I zeroed in on Sect 1101 regarding immediate assistance.I will say, however, that there are a lot of misconceptions floating around on the intertubes as to what the bill contains, so it may be a good idea to not believe everything you hear. Make use of the section listing at the beginning to zero in on those parts that you have questions about & read them if what you’re hearing doesn’t jibe with what Reid or Dodd or others have said.