Video: Sens. Lieberman, Nelson, and Rockefeller talk Health Care Reform on “Face the Nation”
Posted December 13th, 2009 under Headlines, Video Tags: ben nelson, bob schieffer, face the nation, joe lieberman
Face the Nation December 13. Host Bob Schieffer moderates.
The Hill: Lieberman, Nelson: Public-option compromise still not good enough
Two key senators criticized the most recent healthcare compromise Sunday, saying the policies replacing the public option are still unacceptable.
Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) both said a Medicare “buy-in” option for those aged 55-64 was a deal breaker.
“I’m concerned that it’s the forerunner of single payer, the ultimate single-payer plan, maybe even more directly than the public option,” Nelson said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Lieberman said Democrats should stop looking for a public option “compromise” and simply scrap the idea altogether.