In an article from the boston.com, Wagsness and Milligan reports on the difficulties that congress and the lawmakers are facing in order to change the health care system without the assistance of the Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy.
Edward Kennedy who has been absent in the Capitol since April for health reason has been missed by everyone who are directly concern with the health care debate. The Massachusetts senator is known to have a great ability to convince people in a debate as well as getting people together to work and make positive outcomes. As it stated in the article, he is known to have a great negotiation skill, and a good knowledge on the heath care policy.
Even though he is battling with his life, he still dedicates some of his time to work. But people are aware that his absence is not the entirely reason why no agreement has been met when it comes to the health care debate.
There are so many division among Republicans and Democrats that two negotiation groups have been formed. One is the "coalition of the willing", which regrouped four Republicans and two Democrats. And the other negotiation group is known under the "Blue Dog" Democrats, which ignore the Republicans.
The health care overhaul has been an important topic since the President Obama has been elected. There have been proposals from every party but as well as division. The Liberals want to give the consumers the opportunity to choose to buy a coverage instead of being forced to, but opponents see this as a treat to private insurance industry, which will be force to decrease their prices.
Another issue that Congress is divided about is the cost of the health care bill, which could account trillion dollars or more.
With the absence of Kennedy, Senator Chris Dodd is now in charge of the health care bill but has also other priority that he has to face as well as personal issues.
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