Health-Care Bill Afflicted by Demands for Changes
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (July 10, 2009)
Author: David Espo And Erica Werner Associated Press
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WASHINGTON -- The drive to remake the nation's health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats demanded numerous changes in legislation the leadership was drafting on a fast track.
The emerging bill "lacks a number of elements essential to preserving what works and fixing what is broken," 40 members of the Blue Dog Coalition of moderate to conservative Democrats wrote in a letter to party leaders. To win their support, they said, any legislation would need to be much more aggressive in reining in the growth of health care.Health-Care Bill Afflicted by Demands for Changes
The letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer also called for greater protections for small businesses and rural health-care providers. It did not specify how much additional time the group wanted, but Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ar...
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