The State Option

ANALYSIS

It appears that if a state chooses to 'opt out', they lose ALL federal funding in medical and other areas. The Pelosicare bill reads:

Subtitle E—Miscellaneous

SEC. 2585. STATES FAILING TO ADHERE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT OBLIGATIONS.

A State is eligible for Federal funds under the provisions of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) only if the State—

(1) agrees to be subject in its capacity as an employer to each obligation under division A of this Act and the amendments made by such division applicable to persons in their capacity as an employer; and

(2) assures that all political subdivisions in theState will do the same.

Title 42 of the U.S. Codes, starting with Section 201 (Definitions), eventually comes to Chapter 7 - Social Security In that section, twenty-one federal grants are included:

Since the wording of the Pelosicare Bill says "Et seq." (An abbreviation of the Latin phrase et sequens... used to identify the sections or subsections that follow it.) I assume that the feds will cut off all that money to any state which doesn't comply with "Division A", which is the meat of the bill.

SOURCE: John Cooper, Asheville Tea Party

Odds better for House passage of Democratic health-care bill

WASHINGTON - They may not like it, but many House liberals look ready to accept a compromise health-care bill, putting Democratic leaders well on the way to delivering on President Barack Obama's call for reform.

After claiming for months they couldn't vote for a bill without the strongest possible government-run insurance option, liberals are putting aside their disappointment over the weaker version in the legislation for a historic chance to remake America's medical system.

"The current language is far weaker than what I would have preferred, and I think that is also true of the Progressive Caucus," Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Friday. "But because I did not come up here to participate in gridlock and acrimony, I have told leadership that I am willing to compromise." Obama privately told House liberals they should chalk up a win.

[...] House floor debate could begin late next week on the sweeping bill that extends coverage to 96 percent of Americans, imposes new requirements on individuals and employers to get insurance and provides subsidies for lower-income people.

The bill includes a new public insurance plan that would pay providers and hospitals rates negotiated by the Health and Human Services secretary.

[...] Grijalva said progressives weren't giving up and would push to offer their preferred public insurance option as an amendment. But House leaders have indicated they won't be allowing amendments to the bill.

House liberals fear what will happen to their bill's version of the government-run plan when time comes to merge it with whatever the Senate passes.

SOURCE: Associated Press > Durango Herald