This is the best news all week. President Barack Obama's $3.1 trillion budget proposes tax increases on the affluent to finance a 10-year, $634 billion reserve fund to help finance health care reform and a downpayment on universal health coverage.
White House domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes: "This is the first step towards getting health care reform done this year." Neera Tanden, a top health care adviser to the president, adds, "We know that this is not enough to achieve our overall goal of getting health care for every American, but it is a significant down payment."
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excellent news and the first step toward universal health care, which for a minute i didnt think obama truly supported
and very good news for black gay men who are chronically under insured
Posted by: RJ | 26 February 2009 at 16:00
Ah yes. Good first step... but take from the wealthy and give it to the poor? That's going to rub some people the wrong way (yes, Republicans, I'm looking at you), who are vehemently against anything resembling the concept of a welfare state.
Posted by: Lucas | 27 February 2009 at 13:22