prospect.org - 6/30/2009
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The three founders of the Prospect discuss the perils and promise of a public-insurance option.
nytimes.com - 6/28/2009
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nytimes.com —
IN the debate over health care reform ,
one issue looms large: whether to have a public
option. Should all Americans have the opportunity to sign up for government-run health insurance? President Obama has made his own preferences clear. In a letter ...
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Economic View - The Pitfalls of the Public Option in ...
action.firedoglake.com - 6/23/2009
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action.firedoglake.com —
Progressive members of Congress need to draw a
line in the sand and demand a public health
insurance option -- something 76% of Americans want . We need a public plan that is: Please call progressive members of Congress and ask them to pledge that ...
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Public Option Whip Count Tool
newhavenindependent.org - 7/1/2009
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newhavenindependent.org —
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has a bipartisan group
of senators ready to help pass health care reform
-- minus a government-run insurance plan....
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Joe: No Go On "Public Option"
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Not even The American Prospect can bring themselves to put "single payer" in a headline
Corrente —
... The three co-founders of The American Prospect, each of them -- Robert Kuttner, Robert Reich, and Paul Starr -- considering himself a good progressive, square off in an article titled Debating the Public Option. ...
American Prospect Debates the Public Option (Part I)
Firedoglake —
... There is a fascinating but also frustrating "debate" over at The American Prospect on the prospects and merits of the public health plan concept. The discussants are Robert Kuttner, Robert Reich, and Paul Starr.
You should read the whole debate, but here's a quick intro:
Robert Kuttner favors single payer and argues that the political problems of getting there are no more difficult than those we'll face getting a public plan and making it work.
Robert Reich likes single payer, too, but he agrees with those who think it's not politically ...
American Prospect Debates the Public Option (Part II)
Firedoglake —
... of the American Prospect debate over the public health insurance option, I discussed the importance of having a government sponsored "exchange" which ...
A User's Guide to Bad Faith Health Care Arguments
Obsidian Wings —
... bills are government "takeovers." It's an extremely weak foundation for such sweeping allegations. In fact, this argument is so flimsy that I consider it bad faith. First, it's not clear the public option will even be in the bills. Second, even if it is, it's limited to people on the exchanges. New legislation would be required to expand it. And third, it's far from clear it will even succeed even if more people eventually get access to it. As Paul Starr and others have written, it could wind up as a dumping ground for super-high cost individuals. ...
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Obama wants a public option
washingtonmonthly.com 6/10/2009 — OBAMA WANTS A PUBLIC OPTION.... The White House, following up on yesterday's discussions with lawmakers on health care reform, sent a letter today to Sens. Edward Kennedy (chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee) and Max ...
Open Left
openleft.com 6/12/2009 — To read a post about how to give Dems a little fear o' God, and then read posts about how we need "a public option."
"Public option" is the gateway drug to a weasel deal. The answer is called "single payer," and there's a house resolution (HR 676) ...
Public Support for the Public Option
fivethirtyeight.com 6/21/2009 — A major, though by no means the only, substantive point of debate regarding health care reform is whether the plan considered by Congress will include a "public option" -- a government-run insurance program that would compete with private plans. ...
President Obama on the Public Option
dailykos.com 7/29/2009 — I hope Harry Reid and Max Baucus saw this, from President Obama's AARP townhall today: And the other thing that we do want to do — now, this is controversial, and I understand some people are worried about this — we do think that ...
Baucus Declares That He Wants "A Public Option, Too"
huffingtonpost.com 8/24/2009 — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) confirmed this past week that he personally supports a public option for insurance coverage, even as the committee he heads is poised to produce health care legislation that lacks a ...
How the "Public Option" Flew the Co-op
motherjones.com 6/19/2009 — This week I’ve been writing about the destruction of all the best elements of health care reform in the name of political expediency. Most significant is the bait-and-switch that’s taking place on the “public ...
More on the public option
balloon-juice.com 8/17/2009 — I recommend Nate Silver’s post about the possible death of the public option.
A couple key points:
?Why doesn’t the public option have the votes for passage? You’d think that a provision that is both fairly popular and ...
It's not just the public option
washingtonmonthly.com 6/21/2009 — IT'S NOT JUST THE PUBLIC OPTION.... The latest NYT poll on health care shows 72% support for a public option, which, under the circumstances, is a statistic with considerable political salience. But looking through the poll, there was one other...
Max Baucus Kills The Public Option?
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com 7/28/2009 — Max and Wanda have great health insurance that we pay for but he opposes health insurance for us An invitation to a "barbecue & hoedown" at the Sieben Ranch north of Helena from Max Baucus reminded me I need to call Baucus today. He wouldn't come ...
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