DiFi, Blue Dog?

[marmar]

from the San Francisco Chronicle:



Unknown costs fuel fear of health plan
Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Friday, July 24, 2009

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(07-24) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday she was not persuaded by President Obama's news conference Wednesday on health care, saying she is leery of expanding access to insurance unless costs are controlled.

The California Democrat's comments came as Senate leaders postponed votes on health care legislation until the fall, rejecting Obama's August timetable in an effort to seek a broader compromise.

Conservative Blue Dog House Democrats, meanwhile, are resisting Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan to push the mammoth legislation to a vote this month.

Feinstein, in an interview Thursday, echoed Blue Dog fears about the potential for health care reform to compound, rather than correct, the unsustainable rise in federal debt.

Future budget deficits are being driven by Medicare and Medicaid entitlements. Legislation under consideration would vastly expand Medicaid rolls and provide more subsidies to lower-income earners to purchase insurance. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/MN4N18U122.DTL&type=politics&tsp=1

[lib2DaBone]

1. Oh Ya.. she's a big DINO..Bluedog....

along with her war profiteer husband.. one of the biggest and wealthiest contractors in IRAQ.

Difi has mastered the art of using her position in Washington to shovel no bid contracts to her hubby.

.... and the beat goes on... and on....and on....