Rehberg: Let's have a serious talk on health care

Montana's U. S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said waiting on the U. S. Supreme Court's decision on health care reform is complicating his life in more ways than just deciding whether parts of the law are constitutional — or good policy — or not.

Rehberg said that because four possible results could come from the ruling — essentially doubled by the question of whether cuts will be forced by sequestration — he has to prepare a series of budget proposals in the Appropriations Committee subcommittee he chairs, Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, to present almost immediately after the...