The "community health insurance option" that U.S. Senator Kay Hagan voted for in a Senate Health Committee bill is what Senate leader Harry Reid is putting into his heath care bill, Hagan said Tuesday.
Hagan, a first-term Democrat, said she cannot commit to voting for a bill she hasn't seen, but said she would vote for a government-backed insurance plan she's already supported in committee, Lynn Bonner reports. She would also support an opt-out provision for the states.
Though she is not yet ready to promise to vote for the health insurance bill, Hagan said in a conference call with reporters Tuesday that she is committed to working with her colleagues to expand the ranks of the insured in a way that "would not add one time to our federal deficit."
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Re: Hagan already voted for option
October 28, 2009 - 7:54am — paidanywayIt does appear as though Sen. Hagan has not a clue how she will vote from day to day. I guess it depends on who she's talking to on a particular day. She would do herself a favor to record her comments and then play them back to herself so she can remember which direction she's going. If she made it through grade school mathematics, she should understand that there has never been anything the government started/sponsored that did not cost the public. Of course the defict will rise. Tax, tax, tax, ugh!
I wouldn't be suprised if she said "one time"
October 28, 2009 - 7:20am — James_Protzmanbut she probably meant "one dime." I guess when you're bailing out banks, deficits don't matter, but when you're helping regular people, well, it seems to be all that matters.
If it's true that we elect the leaders we deserve, we sure don't seem to deserve much these days.