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pr.thinkprogress.org - 6/29/2009

Health Care -- Beyond The Public Option

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HEALTH CARE Beyond The Public Option Tonight, ABC News will host " Prescription for America ," a discussion with President Obama about his plans to reform the health care system. Critics have charged that Obama's proposal to enact a new public health insurance plan to compete directly with ...

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nytimes.com - 6/28/2009

Economic View - The Pitfalls of the Public Option in Health Care

— 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 ... (more) Economic View - The Pitfalls of the Public Option in ...

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newhavenindependent.org - 7/1/2009

Joe: No Go On "Public Option"

— 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.... (more) Joe: No Go On "Public Option"

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openleft.com - 6/30/2009

The Problem With The Public Option Is That It Lowers The Cost Of Health Insurance

— openleft.com — The main goal of health care reform is to lower the cost of health insurance. Apropos, Olympia Snowe thinks that the problem with a public health insurance option is that a public option would... wait for it... lower the cost of health insurance : In ... (more) The Problem With The Public Option Is That It Lowers The ...

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Sebelius Indicates Willingness To Compromise On Public Plan, Offers Support For Co-Op Proposal
Think Progress — ... Matt Yglesias adds that the public option is uniquely important because, if implement, it is likely “become an enduring feature of the landscape that’s unlikely to vanish.” While other progressive health insurance reforms can be enacted in the future, Yglesias argues, “for the public option, it’s probably now or never.” ...

Tom Daschle: ‘I Can’t Think Of A Tool That More Effectively Controls Costs Than A Public Option’
Wonk Room — ... is the degree to which a public option is more and more likely, because we are negotiating with the Democrats rather than the Republicans who oppose it. So I would say that a reconciliation vehicle would probably have a pure public option just because most likely it will only involve Democrats deciding what that reconciliation package will be. Watch it: Health care reform isn’t all about a public option, but a public option may be essential to sustaining ...