Who’s In and Who’s Out in the Health-Care Debate


Published On: July 28th, 2009

Health ReformSome notes from this morning’s papers on key players — both absent and present — in the national debate over health care:

Several big personalities who might have helped craft deal have been largely absent from the process, writes the WSJ’s Gerald Seib. He lists John Dingell, the long-serving congressman recently ousted from his perch as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee; Ted Kennedy, who has been away from the Senate much of the time because he is being treated for cancer; Tom Daschle, who nearly became both health-reform czar and HHS chief; and John McCain, whose status as the recent Republican presidential candidate may make it tougher for him to make deals with the Democrats.

Then there are the six key members of the Senate Finance Committee who are sitting in a room day after day trying to cut a bipartisan deal: Republicans Michael Enzi, Chuck Grassley and Olympia Snowe, and Democrats Max Baucus, Kent Conrad and Jeff Bingaman. This morning’s New York Times takes a look at the senators, the room and their snacking habits.

Meanwhile, out in America, there’s a large mass of people who are happy with their own insurance but think there’s a need for health-care reform. That group is a key constituency, and any big national plan will have to win their support by reassuring them that they’ll be able to keep the insurance they have now, the Washington Post notes.


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Who’s In and Who’s Out in the Health-Care Debate

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