Obama backs bipartisan proposal to improve healthcare
I received this email from Mitch Stewart of Organizing for America which informed me of this new development in the Healthcare debate that was not covered by cable news except for the Rachel Maddow Show. Republicans say that the Affordable Care Act is not a good thing for America and if that is the case President Obama has put the ball back into their court by standing behind a proposal from Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. The new bipartisan proposal -- the Empowering States to Innovate Act -- would allow states to implement health reforms that work for them starting in 2014 -- three years sooner than the date originally laid out in the Affordable Care Act. Now knowing the history of Republican thinking, it would not surprise me that none of these Republican Governors will take up this challenge and craft legislation that would maintain the principles of the Affordable Care Act but fit the need of each state ...