Washington (CNN) - House Democratic leaders have put the finishing touches on their health care bill, setting the stage for bringing the measure to the full chamber as soon as Friday.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the chamber's second-ranking Democrat, said Wednesday the bill would probably come to a final vote on Saturday.
A 42-page manager's amendment posted Tuesday night made mostly technical changes in the nearly 2,000-page health care bill compiled from three Democratic proposals passed by three House committees.
By making the changes public on Tuesday, the House Democratic leaders could open debate on the bill on Friday or Saturday, while fulfilling their pledge to allow 72 hours of review before bringing the measure to the full chamber.
Meanwhile, House Republicans have offered their first version of a health care bill that compiles a series of individual proposals repeatedly pushed in recent months by the chamber's GOP leaders.
– CNN's Dana Bash, Lisa Desjardins, Deirdre Walsh and Ted Barrett contributed to this story.
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let's go ahead and pass it even without the repugnants, they are the insignificants
what we end up will not be what you started with, I only hope it is not too heavy with pork and it benefits the populace
Listen Democrats PASS Helth Care reform NOW or my next election VOTE will be for the Republicans.
Given their lack of inclusion of republicans, preferring to name call, demean and degrade anyone who disagrees with them, I wonder how the House libitards are going to have a debate. Are they just going to tell the dope smokers there was no opposition?
Why floor debate and not public debate?
After all it's our money and our health.
If senate and congress is out of the plan(They have their own,paid by us) Why they think,that they are capable to decide:
Who,when and how mach ?
With all the pages you'd think this would take a few decades to debate. But since they don't read it, it should take about 4 minutes of Dems going duh! duh! and then the debate will be over.
The Democrats are the new Party of NO.... as in say NO to the good Republican ideas without even considering them for a second.
Let's see how many Democrats stand behind this piece of crap from Nancy Pelosi, vs offering something in the ballpark of being reasonable.
Nancy's crap will never fly because the Tax Payers footing the bill will revolt.
We're not paying anymore taxes or fees. Deal with it.
Th ehealth care bill is DOA.
It would be nice to give Joe 'The Slime' Leiberman a taste of reality of the struggles of mainstream Americans.
Democrats that don't vote for a healthcare reform bill will not get re-elected. The republicans will regain the white house and finish blowing up the world.
So, which is more important to you....healthcare or blowing up the world through wars.
You decide.
I am for healthcare and NO MORE WARS!
O you mean the bill which was labeled the worst piece of legislation in history by the Wall St Journal?
Let's get it done. I don't mind there being a trigger or a public option. What I object to is that it took them this long in the first place. I hope that there are ways to cover every legal resident in the US. It could be through employment (yours or a spouce or parent) or through this program. People need to know that they can go to a doctor and afford it.
As savvy as the health insurance companies are, why would anyone believe that they will be forced out of business because of a public option. You mean to tell me they are willing to compete to monoplize the industry but will fold under the pressure of sharing the stage with a public option. What a cop-out and weak position for the private insurance companies to take.
If private colleges decided to take that position, public colleges and universities would the the only institutions out there for students to choose from. Maybe the private colleges and universities should set down with the private insurance companies to show them how to compete in a competitive market.
These democrats are a thick-headed bunch.....did they learn nothing from yesterday's elections?
Give us our 72 hours as promised so we can call our state rep's and let them know how we feel about it. 2000 pages are alot to read and understand when it is coming from this crowd.
I still worry about the cost of this and how we are going to pay for it.
I do know that the owner of my company is used to making so much money and if he is taxed higher he will simply raise his salery to compensate for the loss. Good for him but bad for our profit share and 401 match. All said and done the middle class will pay for this some how some way. It may not be taxes but smaller raise's, profit share ect ect.
Why the Dems cant see this is beyond me.
Gary's comment is:
The voices of the far right are getting louder and come to us more
often. People like LImbaugh, Hannity, and Beck and many GOP
members are saying now is the time to kill healthcare, called the
"Obamacare", what these folks never tell us is what ideas do they have, or are they all in the pockets of Insurance and pharmaceutical
companies, and want this country to suffer, some of us without health
care and hard working people that need better treatment.
I guess the big and powerful will prevail, and the little guy gets the
dirty end of the stick again. Thanks guys!!!