24 Democrats offer healthcare's plan in the Senate

[Mass]

Remember the Kerry/Edwards's healthcare plan during the campaign that allowed individual to subscribe to federal employees' healthcare plans?

It was introduced in the Senate yesterday. Do not tell Democrats have no ideas.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:23:./temp/~bssHCSx:@@@N

S.2510
Title: A bill to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard (introduced 4/5/2006) Cosponsors (23)
Latest Major Action: 4/5/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.



COSPONSORS(23), BY DATE : (Sort: alphabetical order)


Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. - 4/5/2006
Sen Reid, Harry - 4/5/2006
Sen Baucus, Max - 4/5/2006
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 4/5/2006
Sen Kerry, John F. - 4/5/2006
Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 4/5/2006
Sen Carper, Thomas R. - 4/5/2006
Sen Dayton, Mark - 4/5/2006
Sen Harkin, Tom - 4/5/2006
Sen Kohl, Herb - 4/5/2006
Sen Nelson, Bill - 4/5/2006
Sen Cantwell, Maria - 4/5/2006
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 4/5/2006
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 4/5/2006
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 4/5/2006
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 4/5/2006
Sen Pryor, Mark L. - 4/5/2006
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 4/5/2006
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. - 4/5/2006
Sen Johnson, Tim - 4/5/2006
Sen Menendez, Robert - 4/5/2006
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV - 4/5/2006
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 4/5/2006

[rodeodance]

1. seems this would be the alternative to Bush private accounts.

[rodeodance]

2. the link failed when I tried. Can you please check it out.

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[dweller]

3. nm

not enough coffee yet....

:crazy:

dp

[dweller]

4. okay, coffeed up...

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:3:./temp/~bddYjL::|/bss/d109query.html|


copy the whole line and paste

not much activity recorded, and not sent to GPO as of yet.
dp

[dweller]

5. text from previous bill intros

1. <109th> S.637 : A bill to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal
employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard (introduced 3/16/2005) Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


2. <109th> S.2382 : A bill to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal
employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard (introduced 3/7/2006) Cosponsors (24)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/7/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


3. <109th> S.2510 : A bill to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal
employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard (introduced 4/5/2006) Cosponsors (23)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/5/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

the last bill has very little info, the first 2 have text available
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.637:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.2382:

dp