To the Point
The Looming Deadline for Healthcare Reform
The President and Democratic leaders have an agenda for healthcare reform . Pass the Senate version by Christmas Eve, and a compromise out of both Houses for a White House signing ceremony before the State of the Union Address in late January or early February.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe President and Democratic leaders have an agenda for healthcare reform. Pass the Senate version by Christmas Eve, and a compromise out of both Houses for a White House signing ceremony before the State of the Union Address in late January or early February. Supports call the Senate version the most important social achievement in decades, but Progressives call it "an insurance company's dream," with a legal mandate to buy their product with no regulation. Big Labor calls it a "catastrophe." Has former Democrat Joe Lieberman sabotaged real reform? Has President Obama abandoned core Party values to get it passed? If he can't pull it off by next week, will that produce further delays and further declines in public approval in an election year?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Sheryl Gay Stolberg
New York Times Washington Correspondent who covers health policy
Darcy Burner
Executive Director, American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation
Ezra Klein
Vox