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Huff Post: Conrad Moves Closer To Public Health Care After Negotiations
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More good news. I'm still skeptical as to what all of this means. Lots of things can happen at the last minute when you're working on legislation - things you won't find out until it's too late. Still, it's the first good Health Care Reform news we've had in a while. From Ryan Grim at Huff Post: ...
Conrad moves towards public option
Daily Kos —
... Progress on the public option front: The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim reports Kent Conrad is now saying he's open to supporting at least some elements of a public health insurance plan option. ...
The WonkLine: June 23, 2009
Wonk Room —
... Is Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) embracing a public option? The Huffington Post is reporting that Conrad “moved sharply toward public health care Monday, saying that ...
A little healthier after all
Political Animal —
... spectacle. If the chances for getting anything done on healthcare had dwindled away, what was the president doing bringing back his campaign slogans -- and, more confusingly still, smiling confidently? "To those who, here in Washington, who've grown accustomed to 'sky is falling' prognoses and the certainties that we cannot get this done, I have to repeat -- revive an old saying we had from the campaign: Yes, we can," Obama said. "We are going to get this done." Also yesterday, the AP reported , "Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) moved sharply toward public health care Monday, saying ...
Senate Health Care Discussions Still Not in the Right Ballpark on Public Option
Firedoglake —
... Second, HuffPo's Ryan Grimm quotes Conrad on whether he'd be amenable to strengthening his co-op concept to accommodate Schumer's desire for more national presence. ...
Conrad Seeks Compromise On Health Care Co-op Idea; Reformers Not Satisfied...Yet
TPM Election Central —
... Now Conrad is changing his tune--at least somewhat. He's still pushing the co-op model, but one with comparable levels of clout to a government-run public plan: "I believe to be effective there has to a national entity with state affiliates and those affiliates have to have the ability to regionalize," Conrad told reporters. "I think [Schumer's] concern there can be addressed." ...
6/23: No More Compromising!
Blogometer —
... for his assertions that a public option isn't politically feasible -- reportedly embraced aspects of Schumer's proposal. Liberal bloggers clearly want Senate Dems to ...
Schumer v. Conrad, Who's Moving Whom?
Daily Kos —
... Ryan Grim at HuffPo reports that Kent Conrad has made some major concessions toward the broad outlines of a public option, while Chuck Schumer says the co-op plan Conrad has outlined so far is dead in the water. ...
Obama Attacks “Illogical” Opposition to Public Plan
Matthew Yglesias —
... Meanwhile, Ryan Grim reports that Chuck Schumer and Kent Conrad are working to blur the differences between a “public option” and a “co-opt.” Ezra Klein ...
Senator Feinstein, Stop Nay-Saying On Health Reform
Crooks and Liars —
... Third, the Senate is moving in the right direction, however slowly. Kent Conrad, the author of the co-op proposal, is working with Chuck Schumer to figure out how a co-op could become a public health insurance option that meets our principles: Schumer and other backers of a public option insist that any plan must be national in scope, have substantial funding at the beginning from the federal government, and include national purchasing power in order to negotiate lower prices. Conrad ticked off the areas of agreement that were reached Monday. "National structure: I believe to ...
The Path to Victory on the Public Option
Open Left - Front Page —
... . As such, he will be a very difficult, but also extremely important, vote to get. If Conrad sides with a public option, then the fight is all but won. Fortunately, Conrad has signaled that he is open to at least some aspects of the public option. ...
