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It is my understanding that the administration has asked for an increase in the debt limit. If this is true, it means Congress no longer has to worry about how to fund the new program. Just increase the debt. Congress will pass a health care bill.
ReplyDeleteWell Obama has said he will veto any legislation that does not "bend the cost curve down". And today I saw Senator McCaskill (D-MO) promise that she would not vote for a health-care bill if it increased the deficit.
ReplyDeleteI think Democrats have commited to paying for it, either with a surtax on the richest, or a politically inconvenient but economically sound idea like capping the tax exemption for employer-based healthcare.
And the Wyden-Bennet approach is already scored as revenue-neutral, of course.
So there are possibilities. Whether Democrats will choose the best one, and whether they'll stick with the cost-curve/deficit commitments when push comes to shove, we won't know for awhile.