Don’t Celebrate Yet, We Haven’t Seen The Final Version

Re: Senate Passes Health Care Bill, 60-39, Huffington Post, Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney, 12-24-09 07:05 AM | Updated: 12-24-09 11:50 AM

Without a single Republican vote, the United States Senate passed a sweeping health care reform bill in a landslide, shortly after 7:00 in the morning on Christmas Eve. After months of intense back and forth, and more than three weeks of continuous floor debate, the bill moved through the Senate by a gaping 60-39 margin.

I’m not going to get all weepy until the news is out about what’s in the conference report. So I say cool your jets and sit back and wait a couple of weeks. This thing could stir up more dark clouds. Yogi Berra said that it ain’t over until it’s over.

I think that one thing is for sure. It will take all 60 Dems in the Senate to get the conference report passed, so the conference bill will be very close to the Senate bill, closer than to the House bill. That means no public option and no Medicare buy-in.

President Obama has stated that he will have a more “hands-on” role in crafting the report. Let’s all hope for the best.

Merry Yuletide!

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