Obama Plans Bipartisan Summit on Health Care

President Obama plans to have a half-day health care session at the White House, which will be televised. The event would show whether or not Republicans and Democrats are willing to work together to pass a Health Care bill. With the loss of some seats in congress for Democrats, they were contemplating their next step in getting this bill passed, and if continuing was the best choice for them. It will be seen if the session will lead to an agreement or just simply a debate that leads to nothing.

President Obama said he will not start the bill over from scratch, nor will the debate be restarted. Some see this debate as being something that will merely lengthen the process of getting the bill passed. Others believe that along the way this bill will cause Obama to break his promise to not tax the middle class workers. Democrats in the House and Senate were willing to try and come up with a unified health care plan in time for the meeting, something that will be important when the time comes, with the split between the House and Senate bills.

This meeting may work wonders, but it also might fall short of doing anything. Hopefully the meeting will yield positive results, and the citizens will be happy with the consensus reached. It may be the end to the long health care bill.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/us/politics/08webobama.html?ref=politics