Health Care On Hold
The health care bill that was supposed to be finished today is still not ready, Roll Call reports, and it's now been "delayed indefinitely" so House Democratic leaders and the Blue Dogs can come to a consensus.
Committee chairmen had planned to release their bill on Friday and begin marking it up on Monday, but notices were sent out this morning noting that both the release and markup would be delayed.Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), who chairs the Blue Dogs' health care task force, warned leadership in a two-hour meeting Thursday night that his group would bolt unless a series of demands were met, including altering reimbursement rates under a proposed public option so that they are not based on Medicare rates.



