Health Care End Game

The AMA endorsed the Senate’s health care approach.

As the final Senate vote looms, House leaders say they won’t roll over to the Senate’s demands. TPM reports:

“I don’t see how we don’t largely accede to the Senate,” a House leadership aide said.

What tweaks are still possible to the health reform bill once it reaches conference? The Times’ David Leonhart lists a few this morning. Chris Bowers has more on the conference fight at Open Left.

Quinnipiac University’s Polling Institute finds a majority of Americans disapproving of the health care reform taking shape in Congress:

53% “mostly disapprove” of the health care changes being considered in Congress, compared to 36% who “mostly approve.” Meanwhile 56% disapprove of Obama’s handling of the issue compared to 38% who approve.

The Miami Herald makes its guess at who will be the key conferees:

While health care committee members haven’t been named yet, it’s widely expected that they’ll include Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., one of the Senate bill’s architects, as well as: Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; Senate committee chairmen Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; and House committee chairmen Charles Rangel of New York, and George Miller and Henry Waxman of California, according to Harkin.

Stay tuned.