Democrats in the Senate announced last night that they had struck a deal on a health care bill which could allow for approval of a bill before Christmas. But they offered almost no details of the agreement.
Yep, you read that right.
"We can't disclose the details of what we've done, but believe me, it's something good," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the hallway just outside the Senate chamber.
Reid though tried to shoot down reports that the tentative deal does away with the controversial public insurance option.
"It's not true, okay? Everyone understand that," Reid said flatly.
But that wasn't stopping my colleagues from filing stories that contradicted the Nevada Democrat, as news reports indicated the public option was dead, to be replaced by other items, like opening up Medicare ten years early at age 55 for the uninsured.
What else is in the deal?
"You're not going to get answers to those questions," Reid said sternly.
So there you have it. A deal hatched behind closed doors by ten Democratic Senators that seems to have some major differences to the bill unveiled before Thanksgiving.
SOURCE: Jamie Dupree
