What is Cheaper by dozen bill is all about?
Congress: Cheaper by the dozen? Posted: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:12 AM by Domenico Montanaro Filed Under: Congress “Determined to advance President Barack Obama’s health care agenda, key Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to employees,” AP’s Espo reports. “In a letter outlining the details, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said their revised plan would cost dramatically less than an earlier, incomplete proposal, and help show the way toward coverage for 97 percent of all Americans.” Charlie Rangel said on MSNBC that insurance companies are “stealing” from people. “In response to Rangel’s comments, Ken Johnson, senior vice president of PhRMA, said: ‘We would love to have Mr. Rangel spend a few days in a laboratory talking to some of our scientists who are working to cure cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’
