Here’s Ed Morrisey’s analysis of what’s in President Obama’s newest version of his health care proposal. I’m sure all the mainstream media accounts will say he has incorporated Republican demands, but read Morrissey first, and then compare it to what the wire services, the networks, CNN, MSNBC, The Washington Post, and The New York Times have to say.
One key point:
Obama has only agreed to spend money on research rather than taking concrete action on tort reform. This includes no commitment to do anything after the demonstration projects conclude. It ignores the CBO analysis of existing tort-reform proposals that would save $54 billion from the federal deficit over the next ten years, and $11o billion for the industry as a whole in the same period. It also ignores the fact that California has had precisely this kind of tort reform in place for years, and has seen the same kind of savings (which the CBO used as part of its analysis).
Remember that when you see “Obama proposal includes tort reform” in tomorrow’s news.
