What has become of the healthcare debate in America? We really pounded our Congressmen and Senators during the August recess at the various town hall meetings and it all seemed to come to a head with the March on Washington on September 12. The question now becomes this. Have we taken a big enough step that our representatives will listen to us or are they simply waiting for us to quiet down so that they can proceed?
A source of mine in Washington says that the House is about to start working again on a healthcare proposal. “Which one,” I asked. There are about five up there now including the new Baucus Bill. My source says that the House will try to reconcile elements of all of the bills into one. This may add 200-1500 extra pages to the already monstrous bill, HB 3200. Once that is done, a new HB number will be issued. PatientsFirst has called for a national “Call Congress Day” on October 6, 2009. It looks like it is time to pick up the fight again folks, and October 6 could be too late. To take the field, a general once said, “Get there first with the most.”
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