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根据下面资料，回答题 Now the politics of US health reform is in a mess but the odds on a bill passing in the end areimproving． It will not be a tidy thing, but if it moves the country close to universal health insurance the administration will call it a success．
At this moment, that point of view may seem too optimistic． Last Friday, the Democraticleadership in the House of Representatives had hoped to produce a finished bill． But they failed,because the party' s fiscal conservatives demanded further savings． House Democrats are also divided on revenue-raising measures．
The Senate is dealing with the same problems: how to contain the cost of expanded insurancecoverage, and how to pay for what remains, so that the reform adds nothing to the budget deficit over the course of 10 years．
Where the money comes from remains the crucial problem． Apparently, the answer is straightforward: tax employer-provided health benefits． At present, an employer in the U． S． is free frompaying tax if he pays the health insurance while an individual purchaser has to buy it with after-taxdollars． This anomaly costs nearly $ 250bn a year in revenue--enough to pay for universal coverage, and then some． Yet many Democrats in both the House and the Senate oppose to ending it．Will there be a breakthrough in terms of that aspect?
However, to get employers out of health insurance should be an aim, not something to befeared． Many US workers have complained that if they lose their job, their health insurance will gowith it and tying insurance to employment will undoubtedly worsen the insecurity．
What about high-risk workers who are thrown on to the individual market? If the tax breakwere abolished as part of a larger reform which obliges insurers to offer affordable coverage to allpeople regardless of pre-existing conditions, it will not be a problem． It' s true this change needs toincrease tax, and many people in Congress are reluctant to contemplate in any form． But some kindof increase is inescapable． This one makes more sense than most．
The President should say so． His Republican opponent John McCain called for this changeduring the election campaign and Mr Obama and other Democrats assailed the idea． So what? Mr．Obama has changed his ideas on other aspects of health reform． For example, it seems that he nowprefers an individual mandate to buy insurance． Let us see a similar flexibility on taxing employerprovided insurance．
According to the author, A．the politics of U． S． health reform is a total failure
B．there is no possibility of passing a bill
C．it' s difficult to pass a bill
D．U．S． will achieve universal health insurance
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