Democrats Insist Obama Trip To Asia Won't Slow Health Care Bill

email to a friend

printer friendly

opinions

Current Article Ratings:

Patient / Public:
Healthcare Prof:

Roll Call reports that President Obama's eight-day trip to Asia "will have little effect on Democrats' ability to move health care legislation through the Senate, according to Senate and White House aides." When news first broke that he would be gone for an extended amount of time, many Democrats met the news with "consternation," but it now appears that Obama won't be missing the "crunch time." The Senate is still preparing to take up debate on the bill. "And he is unlikely to make any public pitches for health care while in Asia" (Koffler, 11/12).

This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org.

© Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.

• Additional
• References
• Citations