Bush Laying Groundwork for State of Union Push on Health Care

[papau]

Making health savings accounts more widespread, better price disclosure for medical services, and making health insurance more widely available to the 45.8 million Americans whom the Census Bureau said were uninsured in 2004 - is that all there is?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=a_dsqCwir6sM#

Bush Laying Groundwork for State of Union Push on Health Care

Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush's allies have begun quietly lobbying Republican lawmakers on some of the health-care proposals he will outline in his State of the Union address later this month.

Former Bush economic adviser R. Glenn Hubbard said he is briefing Republican leaders in the House and Senate and their staffs on his recommendations, which are shaping up as central elements of Bush's 2006 domestic agenda.

The president said yesterday that he'll aim to make health savings accounts more widespread, seek price disclosure for medical services and make health insurance more widely available to the 45.8 million Americans whom the Census Bureau said were uninsured in 2004.

``I decided this is a national issue that requires a national response,'' Bush said in a speech in Sterling, Virginia, a Washington, D.C., suburb. The government, he said, must ensure ``that health care is available and affordable.'' <snip>

[Spinzonner]

1. From the people who brought you the Medicare Drug Plan

[FloridaPat]

2. There's still money left in the treasury to give to the insurance companie

[BillZBubb]

3. The drug and insurance co.s aren't making enough money

So, the Repugs will find a way to help them out.