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fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 10/26/2009

The When, How, Who, and What of the Public Option Opt-Out

— fdlaction.firedoglake.com — Several news sources are reporting that Harry Reid plans to put a national public option with an... opt-out provision in the merged Senate bill. So far, there have been almost zero details on how this national public option with an opt-out provision ... (more) The When, How, Who, and What of the Public Option Opt-Out

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mahablog.com - 10/26/2009

Reid Backs the Opt-Out

— mahablog.com — Harry Reid just announced the Senate bill will have a public option with an opt-out for states.... No trigger . This is great news. Plus, he says he has the votes to pass the bill once it’s been run past the CBO for analysis. (more) Reid Backs the Opt-Out

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dailykos.com - 10/26/2009

What does the opt-out really do?

— dailykos.com — Reports are popping up everywhere this morning that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has finished patching together... the health insurance reform legislation he intends to bring to the floor in the Senate, and it's to include some form of the public ... (more) What does the opt-out really do?

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Public option has enjoyed such momentum that opt-in has now become right-most option?!? Kyl now says he supports opt-in: http://bit.ly/PB1tC 10/28/2009

Kyl prefers opt-in healthcare over opt-out - http://bit.ly/PB1tC #tcot 10/28/2009

Like Nelson, GOP Insurance Industry lackeys like "opt in" proposal that would kill reform, but won't vote for it: http://tinyurl.com/yj9d9e3 10/28/2009

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TPMDC Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... The Hill reports Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) said he would much prefer an "opt-in" public option for state, over the opt-out model being offered by Democrats. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) expressed surprise at this, as it implies acceptance of a public option at all. "I'd be really surprised if Sen. Kyl votes for anything that includes a government plan," said Thune. "[Democrats] have to come up with a way for this to not look like what it is, but at the end of the day it still is what it is, which is a government plan." ...

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Political Animal — ... care reform, there are a variety of possibilities, each on different points of the quality spectrum. Different analysts may rank them in competing ways, but to my mind, from worst to best, we have no public-private competition at all, followed by a co-op plan, followed by the "trigger," then the state opt-in plan, then the state opt-out plan, and finally a robust, national public option. It may have come as something of a surprise, then, to hear the far-right Senate Minority Whip signal some interest in one of the less-offensive choices. Senate GOP Whip Jon Kyl said he ...