"Members of Congress say they are confident of sending a unified version of a bill to overhaul veterans' health care to the president by the end of the month. The Senate voted Wednesday to approve the measure, which would make it possible for veterans to get a voucher for private care in their community. It also...makes it easier to fire employees who work for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and cancels performance bonuses. A House version of the measure, which passed Tuesday, makes similar changes." Krishnadev Calamur in NPR.
And no pesky cost projection will stand in their way. "Some senators are questioning an 'astronomical' but preliminary Congressional Budget Office score for the Senate-passed emergency veterans health bill — while promising to find ways to pay for it in conference with the House. The CBO said the VA bill could cost $50 billion a year in expanded health benefits, but there were questions Thursday about how the CBO came to that figure." Niels Lesniewski and Humberto Sanchez in Roll Call.
I recommend Buffett's interview with Tom Brokaw:
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