The Los Angeles Times (8/28, Hook) notes the "surprising fact" many Congressional Democrats and Republicans "actually agree on a bundle of proposals," including "such popular ideas as barring insurance companies from denying coverage to people with preexisting injuries and illnesses, cutting insurance coverage off when a policyholder gets sick, and imposing a lifetime cap on benefits.
The 'reforms are quite possibly the least controversial of all the issues in health reform -- and among the most important,' said Drew Altman, president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan research group."
According to the Times, "Lawmakers from both parties are increasingly eyeing the areas of agreement as a possible fallback if Obama's more ambitious approach collapses. ... 'There is no reason we have to do it all now, but we do have to get it started,' Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), who is generally supportive of Obama, said in a recent television interview. 'I'm afraid we've got to think about putting a lot of that off until the economy's out of recession.'"
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