Santorum: In the Short Term, GOP Health Care Bill Will Be Enough to Provide Political Cover

RUSH EXCERPT:
SANTORUM: "They do fund the stabilization fund which is going to be a big deal. I mean, you’ve seen all of the insurance companies come forward and say, look, our rates are going up much higher because we don’t know whether this money is going to be there or not. And the Senate bill does provide that money. So there will be contrary to what Amanda said, there will be a short- term help in premiums. Now it comes from the federal government giving the insurance companies more money. It’s not a structural reform. In fact there’s a lot of things that are left off the table that conservatives would like to see. I think the American public would like to see to actually do something to reduce rates. But we can’t get that passed in this bill. But in the short term there will be some help here. And I think it will be enough to — for political cover purpose."