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thehill.com - 10/15/2009

Leading Blue Dog suggests opening Medicare to all

— thehill.com — Rep. Mike Ross has made headlines by rejecting a compromise he'd negotiated on a public health insurance... option. Read more... (more) Leading Blue Dog suggests opening Medicare to all

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/19/2009

Baucus: The Public Option Is Alive...We're Just Not Sure What Type

— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) said a public option is still very much alive in Senate health care... negotiations--it's just not clear what kind of public option will ultimately have enough support among Democrats to make it into the bill. (more) Baucus: The Public Option Is Alive...We're Just Not Sure ...

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seminal.firedoglake.com - 10/16/2009

Health Care Reform: Only the Baucus Bill is Deficit Neutral? Wrong

— seminal.firedoglake.com — via Brooks Elliott The New York Times finally caught up with the phony claim Max Baucus and... CBO foisted on the media that the Baucus reform bill is the only bill that is deficit neutral. But that’s all smoke, mirrors, and heroic ... (more) Health Care Reform: Only the Baucus Bill is Deficit ...

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Public Option Opponent Mike Ross Proposes Opening Medicare To More Americans
Think Progress — ... The Hill is reporting that Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR) — who led a group of seven centrist Blue Dogs who objected to a public option that reimbursed providers based on Medicare rates — is floating a proposal to open-up Medicare to Americans under 65, “but at a reimbursement rate ...

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Corrente — Hey, I'm at least part way there with today's Mike Ross . Forget about the p*ssant public option -- besides being a bailout for the insurance companies, the health exchanges and all the "nudge" programs on healthy lifestyles are just bailouts for IT people and consultants in the "creative" [cough] "class." Not to mention Democratic strategists. Open up Medicare, like Ross -- believe it or not -- says he wants to do. Medicare is simple and proven, so make Medicare for All the starting point. Ross is right about that. Now, Ross wants to have the buy in for Medicare high. So make ...

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Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed — ... Hey, I'm at least part way there with today's Mike Ross. Forget about the p*ssant public option -- besides being a bailout for the insurance companies, the health exchanges and all the "nudge" programs on healthy lifestyles are just bailouts for IT people and consultants in the "creative" [cough] "class." Not to mention Democratic strategists. ...