WH to Release HCR proposal at 10am EST Tomorrow...

[Clio the Leo]

..... cant give you a link on this (sorry) just trust me ... every DC blogger has reported it on Twitter tonight.

Wonder if his speech to the Govs will be about this proposal? Because the speech to the NGA happens at 10am as well. Odd for them to step on their own headline unless he's going to be talking ABOUT the proposal.

We shall see......

[MannyGoldstein]

1. It Will Include A Public Option!!!

But only for bankers.

[havocmom]

3. DUZY

:thumbsup:

[ProSense]

11. Actually, that was lame. n/t

[havocmom]

12. LOL hey, lame is legion around here

but I don't point it out. It generally speaks for its self.

[ProSense]

13. That has been the first comment in a couple of other threads.

So, IMO, it was lame.

[havocmom]

14. IMO it was amusing, but sadly more likely true than not

[HughMoran]

16. A DUFY

...to be precise.

[brand404]

7. LOL!

[HughMoran]

15. No, but it will have a pubic bone

[Cha]

2. Thanks Clio for your Twitter connection news..

[frazzled]

4. Word has it, it will be precisely what was agreed to in early January ...

before the Scott Brown debacle, and after the unions signed onto the excise tax. The House will essentially pass through the Senate bill, and then it will go through reconciliation in the Senate, with some possible amendments (maybe including public option, but no one believes that will happen; maybe Medicare expansion to 55-64 age group, which is sure to be accepted by the Parliamentarian into the reconciliation process).

This is simply finishing what was started before the legislatus interruptus. And it's how it HAS to work. They can't propose a totally new bill that would have to be debated in the Senate again.

[brand404]

8. It's good to be Canadian.

This nonsense game of so called healthcare reform for Americans is quite sad and when i get so involved in it i forget at times that i, thank god, dont have to deal with this. Eventually, americans will get real reform...just not for another 10+ years.

[frazzled]

10. Except we beat you in hockey today

Just kidding. I love Canada. Your ice dancers rocked tonight, and are in line for the gold medal.

Truth be told, however, your system got started in 1946 (in Saskatchewan), and pretty much got nationalized by 1966. We would have had a better chance of changing the system if we had attacked this back when Truman first brought it up in the late 40s, too. Now, our system is so entrenched it is a more difficult situation. I don't know if the fact that the US has ten times the population of Canada makes any difference or not. Probably not ... except getting a national consensus might be harder.

[ibegurpard]

27. We will NEVER get reform

because this is codifying the status quo.

[sandnsea]

5. Or they want some time for damage control

if the blogs freak out over what's in the health care bill. There's a press availability with Duncan after the governor's meeting. That's a little weird if the focus is going to be health care.

It's all in tomorrow's daily guidance. I don't know why some of these tweeters don't just post it on their blog.

[TheKentuckian]

17. I reckon it's a nice pivot from one sell out to another. (nt)

[sandnsea]

18. Please don't talk to me

if all you have to say is shit.

[Born_A_Truman]

20. Education

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/21/AR2010022104093.html

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will urge states to better prepare high school students for college and careers when he meets Monday with the nation's governors.

The White House said Sunday that Obama will praise governors for working in tandem with his Race to the Top program to reward school systems that raise standards and prove that through tougher student assessments.

[Jennicut]

6. Good, I will home in between picking up and dropping off my girls from school.

Then I have an hour to pick it apart and debate with everyone. }(

[gateley]

9. By 'release ' does that mean on the WH website?

Actually, I'll be coming to DU -- You guys help me understand things far better than if I go to the 'source'.

Thanks for the heads up, Clio!!

[sandnsea]

19. Yes,

It'll be posted at 10 am.

Do yourself a favor. Even if you only read ten sentences out of an entire document, skim through it anyway. At least the ones that are important to you. It is really critical to decipher these things for yourself, as much as you can.

[gateley]

26. You know, you're right. I WILL do that - and thanks for the good

advice! I'll do my best to remember and make the effort in the future, too. :pals:

[rug]

21. It's been leaked.

http://blueballfixed.ytmnd.com/

[Clio the Leo]

22. NOW we have a link....

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/white-house-health-care-plan-revealed-today.php

[Clio the Leo]

23. The press just got their embargoed copies....

... that they cant release for another half hour.

Whoohoo! I'm all a tingle! :)

[Clio the Leo]

24. A couple of tidbits from Adriel Bettelheim...

The #hcr draft reflects roughly where Dem negotiators were before Scott Brown's victory in MA changed the politcal calculus in the Senate..

It incudes "corrections" House is seeking in the Senate bill. #hcr

http://twitter.com/abettel

[Clio the Leo]

25. Update: He WILL be speaking about the plan at 10am. NT