Will We Get a Health Care Bill in 2009? We Are About to See the Convergence of Three Powerful Forces

Monday, October 5, 2009
It’s decision time. The Congress will or won’t pass a major health care bill during the next few weeks.Will we get health care reform in 2009?Almost certainly not. As I have been saying for months, if we get a bill it will be more a trillion dollar entitlement expansion funded by relatively minor provider cuts and about $500 billion in tax increases. That is not health care reform.Will we get