Update: It's dead. The public supports it, the House passed it once, fifty-one Senators have spoken in favor of the only effective price cutting measure offered in the entire kluge, but according to the Speaker, the option is not: a reprise of the Garden of Gethsemane where the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak because the flesh is owned by the Money Power. America is the only advanced nation on Earth willing to subject its citizens to mandated profit making in return for what should be a basic human right--access to healthcare. It's so sad.
There is still a chance for its passage through reconcilliation as more and more senators realize the only way to begin fixing the system is to force competition upon the private oligopolists. The current number of senators supporting the option: 51[Ed Show]