Sen. Feingold Calls for “Sweeteners” To Be Removed From Health Care Bill
By
Sen. Russ Feingold
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is calling on the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader to remove “sweeteners” from the final health care bill originally inserted to win over the support of certain members of Congress. In a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Feingold urges them to “strike unwarranted provisions” that detract from the overall quality of the bill and create inequities in how states are treated.
“These ‘sweeteners’ are unjustifiable and only detract from our collective goal of putting America’s health care system on a better and more sustainable path,” Feingold wrote. “They also undermine public confidence in the legislative process and in elected representatives in Congress.
In the letter to Pelosi and Reid, Feingold urged them to remove provisions that grant unmerited Medicaid assistance to certain states and carve-out certain insurers from cuts to Medicare Advantage plans.
The letter can be downloaded here
Posted @ 5:00 p.m.
