The leading proposal, produced by the Senate Finance Committee, fails to achieve any of Obama’s goals. It would cut the number of uninsured roughly in half, but would still leave about 25 million people uninsured – with the threat of ruinously high medical bills deterring them from getting care.
对医疗问题有管辖权的各国会委员会拿出了几份互相矛盾的方案。其中由参议院财政委员会制定的方案影响力最大，但却未能实现奥巴马的任何目标。这项方案将没有保险的人数减少一半，但仍然有2500万人没有保险——毁灭性的巨额医疗费用会使这些人无法接受治疗。