Health Care Bill Will Pass This Weekend: House Democrats

[sabra]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/35931127

Health Care Bill Will Pass This Weekend: House Democrats

By: Reuters

Democrats in the House of Representatives on Thursday predicted weekend passage of a sweeping health care overhaul that budget analysts said would hit President Barack Obama's fiscal targets and cut the U.S. deficit over 10 years.

House Democratic leaders finished work on a package of changes to Obama's top domestic priority that the Congressional Budget Office estimated would expand insurance coverage at a cost of $940 billion over 10 years but cut the deficit by $138 billion in the same period.

At the White House, Obama said the health care bill represented "the most significant effort to reduce deficits since the Balanced Budget Act in the 1990s."

After weeks of wrangling over the package to make the numbers come out favorably, House leaders presented the final changes to Democrats at a morning caucus and will post them online later on Thursday.

"It took some time but we are very pleased," House Nancy Pelosi told reporters after the meeting. "There are even more savings than the Senate bill."

[MineralMan]

My fingers will remain crossed until it does.

[Scurrilous]

1. Good news.

K & R :thumbsup:

[tavalon]

2. Health Insurance Bailout

Last I heard.

[quinnox]

3. They are going to look stupid if it doesn't

So I'm assuming they have it locked up, otherwise what a dumb thing to say.