On his way to Europe to pick up his Nobel Prize, the President today commended Democrats in the Senate for an agreement arrived at last night to dispose of one of the most controversial aspects of health care reform, the so-called "public option." We hear what's known so far about the details of the deal, and find out what happened yesterday with regard to Medicare and abortion.
Senate Compromises on Healthcare Bill
Credits
Guests:
- Emily Pierce - Roll Call - @emilyprollcall
- Jonathan Cohn - Senior National Correspondent at Huffington Post, where he writes about health care politics and policy; author of “The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage” - @CitizenCohn
- Emily Friedman - independent health policy and ethics analyst
- Carolyn Lochhead - San Francisco Chronicle - @carolynlochhead