Reconciliation bill has an ERISA waiver for state single payer!

[drm604]

This part of the just released reconciliation bill may ultimately be more important that the public option. It starts at the bottom of page 1195.

20 Subtitle D—State Innovation
SEC. 251. WAIVER OF ERISA LIMITATION;
APPLICATION INSTEAD OF STATE SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State may request from the
Secretary, and the Secretary must grant except under
extraordinary circumstances, a waiver of application of
section 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 with respect to a state single payer system
enacted into law by such State that would be structured and
operate in a manner consistent with this subtitle.

Holy crap! :bounce:

[drm604]

1. Never mind. Looks like we all overreacted.

Apparently this is not the reconciliation bill. It's just a starting point that most likely will be whittled down.

[ashling]

2. But at least they are not following the Baucus tack

of whittling down to nothing before you start