• As of last night, only 7 of the 290 filed amendments have been adopted. A list of those amendments is below; Sonnenschein’s tracking sheet of all amendments is attached.
• The key issues of debate continue to be abortion, the public option, Medicare cuts, and cost-containment.
• A group of ten Democrats have been meeting with Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) to work on a compromise and last night a tentative agreement was reached. The proposal has been sent to CBO for a score. We don’t expect to see the details until the CBO’s score is released but is rumored to replace the current public option proposal with: 1) allowing younger individuals to enroll in Medicare; and 2) allowing individuals to buy into a national health insurance market.
• Yesterday, a group of freshman D Senators introduced a cost-containment amendment that includes an amendment to improve Medicare Part D MTM. The amendment and a section-by-section analysis is attached.
Rumors are that Reid is pushing to finish by Christmas? Frosh Amendment
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