Reply #13: Actually, it does make some sense. [View All]

If budgets are only valid for four years then anything passed under budget reconciliation would only be good for that long.

The question is whether or not it would be made permanent before then. If it were to actually provide good coverage at a reasonable price and lots of people were to take advantage of it, then it would be hard politically to not make it permanent.

Another question is whether or not it could be done in a way that would be acceptable to the parliamentarian. I've heard that if they simply open up Medicare to anyone who wants to buy in, that could legitimately be considered to be relevant to the budget. I'm not sure if that's correct or not.