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Lieberman "Increasingly Troubled" With Medicare Expansion

By Philip Klein on 12.10.09 @ 3:16PM

The Politico reports that the much-hyped public option "compromise" involving an expansion of Medicare to those aged 55 to 64 is making Sen. Joe Lieberman skittish.

“I am increasingly troubled about the proposal,” he told reporters. “I am worried about what impact it will have on the Medicare program’s fiscal viability and also what effect it will have on the premiums paid by people benefiting from Medicare now and whether the whole thing is viable. If you separate it from Medicare, it will be an extremely expensive program.”

Meanwhile, Sen. Olympia Snowe, said she can't see voting for it.

If Reid cannot get Snowe and Lieberman on board, then he won't have the 60 votes needed to pass the health care bill.

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Dixie Pixie| 12.10.09 @ 5:01PM

Don,t worry about Senator Lieberman's Kabuki theater act. If the Democrat Party demanded Connecticut citizens be grounded up for pet food, Senator Lieberman would vote the Democrat Party line. He would immediately announce to the Press how the vote tormented his soul and how distressed he was at the outcome. Ignore what Senator Lieberman says.

The Bottom line is Senator Lieberman vote is not in doubt. Senator Reid knows Senator Lieberman is in the bag for the Democratic Party. He voted for it last time,he will vote for it this time.