Heh:
Senate Democrats’ attempt to reform Medicare doctor payments separately of their larger healthcare bill is little more than a “budget gimmick,” Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said Friday.
Actually, it’s just what the doctor ordered. Is it too clever by half? Sure. It’s a way to mollify rural Democrats who don’t want a public option to be robust (tied to Medicare reimbursement rates) without raising the cost of the health care bill over the $900 billion the president insisted be the upper limit.
I guess a few of my readers are opposed to this kind of trickery. I call it ‘effective governance’ and ‘delivering what you promised.’
