Health overhaul outlook: Could delays jeopardize the reform effort?

Nov 5 2009

Kaiser Health News staff writers Mary Agnes Carey and Eric Pianin report on whether current timeline slips may or may not undermine health reform's chances. "Passing a health care overhaul bill might be one of the hardest things Congress has ever attempted. But waiting until next year might jeopardize a top priority for President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress.

The political peril of waiting until 2010 - a midterm election year - could mean the death of comprehensive health care legislation, according to some analysts. 'If they're going to do it, they have to do it this year,' said University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato. 'Everyone knows that. They know it'" (11/5). Read the entire article.