Lieberman_NN1 Suggests_VVZ Health_NN1 Care_NN1 Reform_NN1 May_VM Have_VHI to_TO Wait_VV0 Senator_NNB Joseph_NP1 I._NP1 Lieberman_NN1 of_IO Connecticut_NP1 on_II Sunday_NPD1 urged_VVD the_AT Obama_NP1 administration_NN1 to_TO consider_VVI postponing_VVG overhauling_VVG the_AT health_NN1 care_NN1 system_NN1 and_CC instead_RR work_VV0 on_II smaller_JJR chunks_NN2 of_IO the_AT issue_NN1 until_CS the_AT economy_NN1 improves_VVZ ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 'm_VBM afraid_JJ we_PPIS2 've_VH0 got_VVN to_TO think_VVI about_II putting_VVG a_AT1 lot_NN1 of_IO that_DD1 off_RP until_CS the_AT economy_NN1 's_VBZ out_II21 of_II22 recession_NN1 ,_, "_" Mr._NNB Lieberman_NP1 said_VVD on_II CNN_NP1 's_GE "_" State_NN1 of_IO the_AT Union_NN1 ._. "_" 
"_" There_EX 's_VBZ no_AT reason_NN1 we_PPIS2 have_VH0 to_TO do_VDI it_PPH1 all_DB now_RT ,_, but_CCB we_PPIS2 do_VD0 have_VHI to_TO get_VVI started_VVN ._. 
And_CC I_PPIS1 think_VV0 the_AT place_NN1 to_TO start_VVI is_VBZ cost_NN1 health_NN1 delivery_NN1 reform_NN1 and_CC insurance_NN1 market_NN1 reforms_NN2 ._. "_" 
Mr._NNB Lieberman_NP1 's_GE comments_NN2 could_VM further_RRR complicate_VVI Democratic_JJ efforts_NN2 to_TO get_VVI a_AT1 health_NN1 care_NN1 overhaul_NN1 passed_VVN in_II Congress_NN1 ._. 
They_PPHS2 had_VHD been_VBN depending_II21 on_II22 the_AT independent_JJ senator_NN1 to_TO support_VVI their_APPGE efforts_NN2 ,_, even_CS21 though_CS22 he_PPHS1 often_RR aligns_VVZ with_IW Republicans_NN2 ._. 
In_II the_AT Senate_NN1 ,_, 60_MC votes_NN2 would_VM be_VBI needed_VVN to_TO overcome_VVI any_DD Republican_NN1 filibuster_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT Democrats_NN2 control_VV0 60_MC votes_NN2 ,_, including_II those_DD2 of_IO two_MC independents_NN2 ._. 
However_RR ,_, Senators_NN2 Edward_NP1 M._NN1 Kennedy_NP1 of_IO Massachusetts_NP1 and_CC Robert_NP1 C._NP1 Byrd_NP1 of_IO West_NP1 Virginia_NP1 have_VH0 been_VBN ill_JJ ._. 
On_II31 top_II32 of_II33 that_DD1 ,_, moderate_JJ Democrats_NN2 have_VH0 signaled_VVN that_CST they_PPHS2 might_VM not_XX support_VVI every_AT1 proposal_NN1 ._. 
Mr._NNB Lieberman_NP1 credited_VVD Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 for_IF taking_VVG on_RP the_AT heath_NN1 care_NN1 issue_NN1 ,_, but_CCB noted_VVD that_CST "_" he_PPHS1 took_VVD it_PPH1 on_RP at_II a_AT1 very_RG difficult_JJ time_NNT1 that_CST was_VBDZ not_XX of_IO his_APPGE making_NN1 ._. "_" 
The_AT senator_NN1 said_VVD he_PPHS1 believed_VVD health_NN1 care_NN1 reform_NN1 debate_NN1 has_VHZ intensified_VVN partly_RR because_II21 of_II22 the_AT general_JJ nervousness_NN1 over_II the_AT economy_NN1 ._. 
Also_RR Sunday_NPD1 ,_, Senator_NNB John_NP1 McCain_NP1 said_VVD that_CST one_MC1 way_NN1 for_IF Democrats_NN2 and_CC Republicans_NN2 to_TO reach_VVI a_AT1 compromise_NN1 would_VM be_VBI for_IF Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 to_TO abandon_VVI a_AT1 government-run_JJ insurance_NN1 program_NN1 for_IF the_AT nation_NN1 's_GE 49_MC million_NNO uninsured_JJ ._. 
Interviewed_VVN on_II ABC_NP1 's_VBZ "_" This_DD1 Week_NNT1 with_IW George_NP1 Stephanopoulos_NN2 "_" Mr._NNB McCain_NP1 ,_, the_AT Arizona_NP1 Republican_NN1 and_CC 2008_MC presidential_JJ candidate_NN1 ,_, said_VVD that_CST a_AT1 public_JJ plan_NN1 would_VM cause_VVI many_DA2 Americans_NN2 to_TO lose_VVI their_APPGE private_JJ health_NN1 insurance_NN1 ._. 
Although_CS he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ not_XX asked_VVN to_TO explain_VVI ,_, opponents_NN2 of_IO a_AT1 government-run_JJ plan_NN1 have_VH0 previously_RR warned_VVN that_CST many_DA2 employers_NN2 would_VM scuttle_VVI private_JJ insurance_NN1 for_IF their_APPGE workers_NN2 if_CS such_DA a_AT1 program_NN1 were_VBDR enacted_VVN ._. 
"_" Certainly_RR if_CS you_PPY have_VH0 it_PPH1 ,_, you_PPY should_VM n't_XX have_VHI to_TO lose_VVI it_PPH1 ,_, "_" Mr._NNB McCain_NP1 said_VVD of_IO private_JJ insurance_NN1 ._. 
"_" But_CCB under_II the_AT president_NN1 's_GE plan_NN1 ,_, you_PPY would_VM have_VHI to_TO lose_VVI it_PPH1 in_II my_APPGE view_NN1 because_II21 of_II22 the_AT government_NN1 option_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 that_CST one_MC1 of_IO the_AT fundamentals_NN2 for_IF any_DD agreement_NN1 would_VM be_VBI that_CST the_AT president_NN1 abandon_VV0 the_AT government_NN1 option_NN1 ._. "_" 
Last_MD week_NNT1 ,_, Kathleen_NP1 Sebelius_NP1 ,_, the_AT Secretary_NN1 of_IO Health_NN1 and_CC Human_JJ Services_NN2 ,_, said_VVD that_CST a_AT1 government-run_JJ plan_NN1 was_VBDZ not_XX essential_JJ to_II an_AT1 overhaul_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 concession_NN1 to_II United_NP1 States_NP1 senators_NN2 who_PNQS say_VV0 such_DA a_AT1 plan_NN1 could_VM not_XX win_VVI the_AT backing_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 majority_NN1 of_IO the_AT crucial_JJ Senate_NN1 Finance_NN1 Committee_NN1 ._. 
The_AT focus_NN1 shifted_VVN to_II discussion_NN1 of_IO nonprofit_JJ medical_JJ co-operatives_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ are_VBR popular_JJ in_II some_DD Midwestern_JJ states_NN2 and_CC more_RGR palatable_JJ to_II conservatives_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB outrage_NN1 by_II liberals_NN2 supporting_VVG a_AT1 government_NN1 plan_NN1 has_VHZ made_VVN the_AT fate_NN1 of_IO that_DD1 provision_NN1 unclear_JJ ._. 
Senator_NNB Charles_NP1 E._NP1 Schumer_NP1 ,_, the_AT New_NP1 York_NP1 Democrat_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 member_NN1 of_IO the_AT Finance_NN1 committee_NN1 ,_, said_VVD on_II NBC_NP1 's_GE "_" Meet_VV0 the_AT Press_NN1 "_" that_CST President_NNB Obama_NP1 "_" believes_VVZ strongly_RR in_II a_AT1 public_JJ option_NN1 ._. "_" 
He_PPHS1 argued_VVD that_CST a_AT1 government_NN1 plan_NN1 was_VBDZ imperative_JJ because_CS it_PPH1 would_VM introduce_VVI competition_NN1 in_II the_AT industry_NN1 ._. 
In_II 40_MC of_IO the_AT 50_MC states_NN2 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, as_RG few_DA2 as_CSA two_MC companies_NN2 rule_VV0 the_AT private_JJ health_NN1 insurance_NN1 market_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 government_NN1 program_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, "_" does_VDZ n't_XX have_VHI to_TO make_VVI a_AT1 profit_NN1 or_CC merchandise_VV0 as_RG much_DA1 ,_, so_CS its_APPGE costs_NN2 are_VBR probably_RR 20_MC percent_NNU lower_JJR ._. "_" 
But_CCB on_II the_AT same_DA show_NN1 ,_, Senator_NNB Orrin_NP1 G._NP1 Hatch_NP1 ,_, the_AT Utah_NP1 Republican_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 member_NN1 of_IO the_AT same_DA finance_NN1 panel_NN1 ,_, predicted_VVD that_RG "_" tens_MC2 of_IO millions_NNO2 of_IO people_NN will_VM go_VVI into_II the_AT government_NN1 plan_NN1 "_" against_II their_APPGE will_NN1 ._. 
And_CC ,_, he_PPHS1 added_VVD ,_, the_AT problem_NN1 with_IW government_NN1 plans_VVZ like_II Medicare_NP1 is_VBZ they_PPHS2 are_VBR not_XX sufficiently_RR financed_VVN ._. 
Medicare_NP1 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, will_VM go_VVI bankrupt_JJ within_II 10_MC years_NNT2 ._. 
"_" The_AT costs_NN2 of_IO the_AT government_NN1 plan_NN1 will_VM be_VBI astronomical_JJ ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" Keep_VV0 in_II mind_NN1 ,_, in_II Medicare_NP1 they_PPHS2 pay_VV0 doctors_NN2 20_MC percent_NNU less_RRR ,_, they_PPHS2 pay_VV0 hospitals_NN2 30_MC percent_NNU less_RRR ._. 
Guess_VV0 where_RRQ those_DD2 costs_NN2 are_VBR transferred_VVN ?_? 
They_PPHS2 're_VBR transferred_VVN to_II the_AT people_NN who_PNQS have_VH0 private_JJ health_NN1 insurance_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT average_JJ private_JJ health_NN1 insurance_NN1 policy_NN1 goes_VVZ up_RP about_RG $1,800_NNU a_AT1 year_NNT1 just_RR to_TO pay_VVI for_IF what_DDQ the_AT government_NN1 fails_VVZ to_TO pay_VVI for_IF in_II their_APPGE current_JJ government_NN1 plan_NN1 ._. "_" 
