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Feb262010
No Solution Coming Out Of Health Care Summit, Claims Policy Analyst
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 11:35AM
By Laurel Brishel Prichard University of New Mexico/ Talk Radio News Service
According to Robert Moffit, Director of Health Care Policy at the Heritage Foundation, Thursday's White House hosted health care summit did not progress the ongoing debate over health care reform.
"There was obviously no solution to the outstanding differences between [parties]," Moffit told Talk Radio News.
Moffit added that if Democrats pass a health care bill by side-stepping traditional order by resorting to reconciliation, it will not be an easy process.
"Is it possible for them to do it? Yes, I think it is," Moffit said. "You could maybe pass a bill through the budget reconciliation process but it's going to look like Swiss cheese ... because certain provisions would be [declared] out of order. Then you have a mess on your hands."
According to Moffit, Congress should work on areas that already have bipartisan support, such as providing insurance for low income working families that are not able to get coverage through their employer and allowing states to enact their own style of health care. Congress should allow for interstate commerce that would give consumers the ability to purchase their preferred insurance from another state.
"There's no reason why we can't have very significant progress in health care reform, which would significantly reduce the number of people who are uninsured and at the same time break the log jam in Washington," said Moffit.
According to Robert Moffit, Director of Health Care Policy at the Heritage Foundation, Thursday's White House hosted health care summit did not progress the ongoing debate over health care reform.
"There was obviously no solution to the outstanding differences between [parties]," Moffit told Talk Radio News.
Moffit added that if Democrats pass a health care bill by side-stepping traditional order by resorting to reconciliation, it will not be an easy process.
"Is it possible for them to do it? Yes, I think it is," Moffit said. "You could maybe pass a bill through the budget reconciliation process but it's going to look like Swiss cheese ... because certain provisions would be [declared] out of order. Then you have a mess on your hands."
According to Moffit, Congress should work on areas that already have bipartisan support, such as providing insurance for low income working families that are not able to get coverage through their employer and allowing states to enact their own style of health care. Congress should allow for interstate commerce that would give consumers the ability to purchase their preferred insurance from another state.
"There's no reason why we can't have very significant progress in health care reform, which would significantly reduce the number of people who are uninsured and at the same time break the log jam in Washington," said Moffit.
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