“ I don’t know what or who people thought they were voting for a year ago, but no one can claim there wasn’t truth-in-advertising. Granted, most normal folk probably didn’t go online in spring 2007 to read candidate Barack Obama’s 15-page health reform plan. Still, for anyone who cared, the whole thing was laid out — and it tracks pretty closely with the landmark overhaul passed by the House. Coverage of preventive services? Check. Guaranteed eligibility regardless of medical status? Check. Private plans and a new public plan competing in a new federally supervised insurance marketplace? Check. New requirements on employers? Check. Expanded Medicaid eligibility? Check. Subsidies to help the middle class buy plans? Check. Research into what treatments work best? Check. Incentives for better coordinated care? Check. Authority to negotiate better prices for drugs under Medicare? Check. Elimination of “excessive subsidies” for a private Medicare alternative called Medicare Advantage? Check. A plan updated for the general election looks even more similar to the House bill.
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