Many political commentators have already proclaimed that health care reform is no more due to Republican Scott Brown’s win in Massachusetts. However, it may be too soon to officially state the bill as being completely done. Douglas E. Schoen of NY Daily News states that, “What Massachusetts voters told us is that they have no appetite for partisan reform. In other words, lawmakers can still pass substantive legislation that improves America’s health care system so long as their effort is bipartisan.”
Schoen says that President Barack Obama should create a new bill that offers ideas from both parties. He says that “there’s plenty of common ground – that is, there are major policy proposals that would improve care and cut costs that both parties support, and that most Americans would also support.” Schoen goes on to say that if Obama and congressional leaders were to invite Republicans to the White House to discuss a new bipartisan bill, that there’s no reason why they wouldn’t be able to create a new bill that they both agree on.
Do you think both parties would be able to come together and create a bipartisan bill that they both agree on?
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