what plan is offered by Bob Dole, Tom Daschle and Howard Baker?
Crossing Our Lines is a bipartisan agreement for comprehensive health reform reached by Senators Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, and Bob Dole. It is the culmination of an inclusive year-and-a-half effort that included strategic outreach to key health care stakeholders, a series of state-based public policy forums, and months of personal deliberations by the Leaders. Taken together, the recommendations ensure that all Americans have quality, affordable health coverage, while improving health care quality and reining in skyrocketing costs. Organized around four “pillars” of health reform, its policies are inextricably intertwined, and consequently work together to achieve more significant improvements in the health care system than could be achieved if they were considered in an isolated manner. 1. Promoting High-Quality, High-Value Care 2. Making Health Insurance Available, Meaningful and Affordable 3. Emphasizing and Supporting Personal Responsibility and Healthy Choices 4. Developing a Wor
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/06/an_interview_with_tom_daschle.html Tom Daschle was almost the Obama administration’s health czar before tax problems foiled his nomination. But in the months since he withdrew from the White House, he’s not abandoned health care. This week, he was back in the news: He released a proposal for reform that was co-signed by Bob Dole and Howard Baker, and reports emerged quoting him saying that the public plan option could be sacrificed for the good of health-care reform. Last night, we talked about his new plan, his support for the public option, and whether Democrats should use the reconciliation process. A lightly edited transcript follows. Tell me a bit about the genesis of this proposal. The whole idea with the Bipartisan Policy Center is for four former majority leaders to come together and see what common ground we can
