It ain’t over ‘till the Fat Lady sings, but she’s backstage, warmin’ up as we speak!
~~John Cronin~~
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Reid bows to Joe and KOs Medicare option
By JENNIFER FERMINO Post Correspondent
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats last night dropped a key Medicare expansion plan from the proposed health-care bill in a major last-minute concession to save the legislation from going under.
The plan would have allowed people as young as 55 to enroll in Medicare.
The decision to scrap the idea — which would have considerably expanded health-care coverage, a key promise made by Democrats in last year’s elections — came as President Obama put heavy pressure on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his fellow
Democrats to reach a compromise that they could still call “health-care reform.”
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