Democrats are worried that a scaled-back version of the health-care bill will lead to Republicans taking all the credit. Thursday, House Democrats discussed a couple ways to get the health-care reform legislation passed. Sam Stein from the Huffington Post states that, “The first is to pass the Senate’s bill — though only on the condition that additional reforms would be tackled in a separate filibuster-proof bill, to be passed through a process called reconciliation. The second approach is to pare down the package — stripping it to its unobjectionable core (insurance regulation, money to help people buy care, etc.) — and use that as a building block for future legislation.”
Lawmakers are leaning towards the second option, but some are concerned that Republicans will take all the credit after the bill is passed. Stein reports that, “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “will have his whole caucus vote for it and make it a political win for the Republicans,” one well-connected Democratic health care strategist said. “They’ll say, ‘This was the Republican plan from the beginning. We’re glad the Democrats joined us.’ And take all the credit for passing reform.”
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