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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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From: Kenneth E. Phillipps12/9/2009 8:59:34 AM
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According to rumors, the most likely elements of of the compromise are:

•People as young as 55 could buy into Medicare.
•People besides federal employees could buy into the plan government employees are offered.
•The public option would have a trigger.
•Private insurance companies would be more heavily regulated by the government.
•People up to 133-150% of the federal poverty line would be covered by Medicaid.
Conservative senators like this because they know the trigger will never be pulled and there will be no public option. They can live with more regulation of the insurance companies because few voters understand that kind of stuff so it won't come back to bite them. Progressives don't really like the deal, but once people under 65 are allowed to buy into Medicare, they can envision a future Congress dropping the limit to 50, then 45, then 40, and eventually Medicare becomes the single-payer plan they want.
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