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Blue Dog Rep. Mike Ross Proposes Opening Medicare To Americans Under 65
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 ...
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
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 ...
The truth about the Baucus bill
washingtonexaminer.com — Obamacare advocates in the White House, Congress and the newsroom of the New York Times were elated this week when a Congressional Budget Office statement said the health care reform bill by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., would ... (more) The truth about the Baucus bill
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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 ...

About Mike Ross
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 ...

Health insurance company won't sell woman coverage unless she gets herself sterilized
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. ...

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Ross Says He Once Suggested A Medicare Buy-In As A Replacement For Separate Public OptionTPMDC
Earlier today, The Hill ran with an eye-catching statement from Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)--the chair of the Blue Dog's health care task force who recently announced he doesn't support a public option. "I -- speaking only on behalf of myself -- suggested one possible idea could be that instead ...
Mike Ross Floats Idea of Opening Medicare to AllBlake's Think Tank
Mike Ross may be for a public option after all. Today, The Hill quotes the Arkansas congressman as saying the following , I — speaking only on behalf of myself — suggested one possible idea could be that instead of creating an entirely new government bureaucracy to administer a public option, ...