The Senate bill can’t be reconciled until it is LAW.
All roads lead to the Senate bill become law.
The only other option for the dems is new bills in the House or Senate or a Conference on the two bills passed - which the Dems lose.
Again: The Senate Bill is passed and signed - that’s the goal now. The rest is promises to get this done.
Correct. And the Senate has no incentive for reconciliation since they already got what they wanted - the Senate bill passed, including the Mikulski Amendment. And it is the Mikulski Amendment that is the real threat in regards to abortion. It's not that it uses federal money for abortion, but rather it forces me and you to fund abortion via our insurance premiums. It empowers the HHS Secretary to issue a mandate requiring every private insurer to cover abortion. And since it will be illegal not to have insurance, it requires me to pay insurance premiums to fund abortions.