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Rebranding the Public Option as Medicare Part E
MyDD —
The Hill reports on developments in the House of Representatives: Say hello to "Medicare Part E" -- as in, "Medicare for Everyone." House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option. This plan is intriguing, but House Democrats would be well served to consider both the positives and the negatives associated with it. Medicare is a widely popular program -- a Bloomberg poll from ...
Get Your "Part E" On
Obsidian Wings —
... by publius House Democrats are warming to renaming the public option "Medicare Part E." The Hill reports: Say hello to “Medicare Part E” — as in, “Medicare for Everyone.” House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Note —
... Montgomery: “Liberals increase pressure for public insurance plan in health bill” LINK
The Wall Street Journal’s Greg Hitt and Janet Adamy: “Fight Over Medicare Cuts Plays Into Larger Debate” LINK
Time’s Jay Newton-Small “A Fight Over Docs' Reimbursement Rates Is Latest Threat to Health Reform” LINK
The Hill's Susan Crabtree: “Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room” LINK
The Hill's Mike Soraghan: “Medicare for everyone” LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: “White House relies on core healthcare ...
House Democrats Consider Rebranding Public Option as Medicare
Politics Daily —
... Grasping for a way to sell a part of health care reform they feel is little understood, House Democrats are considering framing the public insurance option as Medicare -- a similar program with which Americans are already familiar, The Hill reported Wednesday. The idea has slowly risen through the ranks, and was discussed at a caucus meeting last week. On Tuesday night, Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a proposal known as "Medicare Plus 5," which would include a public option that ties provider reimbursement rates to those of Medicare and add 5 percent. ...
Medicare for everyone
The Political Carnival —
Crikey, if they're really only now getting to this, they're stupider than even I thought. Say hello to “Medicare Part E” — as in, “Medicare for Everyone.” House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option. The strategy could benefit Democrats struggling to bridge the gap between liberals in their party, who want the public option, and centrists, who are worried it would drive private insurers out of ...
ThinkFast: October 21, 2009
Think Progress —
... Leading House Democrats are looking to re-brand the public option as a form of Medicare. “One of his concerns is that people don’t know what a public option is. Medicare is a public option,” said John Schadl, a spokesman for Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN). The idea of re-branding the public option as Medicare “ ...
Reid on Public Option: ‘It’s not done yet’
Taylor Marsh —
... anti-trust exemption, which would end the health insurers monopoly that has been in place since 1945.
Where does the public option stand today? As things get down to the wire, all the pressure you have put on Democrats is coming to bear. However, Majority Leader Reid still hasn’t decided what to do. There should be no question, but Mr. Reid isn’t exactly known for his decisive leadership, now is he?
Reid is no Speaker Pelosi, that’s for sure. The Hill reports:
The plan, called the “robust” option or “Medicare Plus 5” ...
It Lives!
The Mahablog —
... Mike Soraghan of The Hill says that some Dems want to re-brand the public option “Medicare Part E,” as in Medicare for Everyone. Mostly a good idea, ...
House Dems want Medicare for everyone
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... in their party, who want the public option, and centrists, who are worried it would drive private insurers out of business. While much of the public is foggy on what a public option actually is, people understand Medicare. It also would place the new public option within the rubric of a familiar system rather than something new and unknown. The idea has bubbled up among House Democrats and leaders in the past week, most prominently in a caucus meeting last Thursday. Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/64029-medicare-for-ev...
Medicare Part E
Political Animal —
... started using the same phrase in early September. And while we're a little late in the game to start rebranding, this alternate framing seems to be gaining some traction . Say hello to "Medicare Part E" -- as in, "Medicare for Everyone." House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option. The strategy could benefit Democrats struggling to bridge the gap between liberals in their party, who want the public option, and centrists, who are worried it ...
Medicare Part E? "Medicare Plus" Is More Accurate
TalkLeft —
... Medicare for Everyone sounds great, but I think it does not work right now as a rebranding effort. Why? Because the public option that is even possible now is not Medicare for Everyone. The Hill: ...
Coming up: Medicare Part E
Fausta's Blog —
House Dems want Medicare for everyone
House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option.
The strategy could benefit Democrats struggling to bridge the gap between liberals in their party, who want the public option, and centrists, who are worried it would drive private insurers out of business.
While much of the public is foggy on what a public option actually is, people understand Medicare. It also ...
Dems To Describe Public Option As Medicare-For-Everyone
Seeing the Forest —
... -- by Dave Johnson This is huge news. House Dems want Medicare for everyone , Say hello to “Medicare Part E” — as in, “Medicare for Everyone.” House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option. . . . While much of the public is foggy on what a public option actually is, people understand Medicare. It also would place the new public option within the rubric of a familiar system rather than something new and unknown. If they do this I think the ...
Part E?
Rook's Rant —
Medicare Part E!?!?!?! Hell, sign me up!
Offer The Option of Medicare For Everyone
Liberal Values —
... The public option already does well in most polls. A Washington Post-ABC poll published Tuesday showed 57 percent of the public supports the pubic option while 40 percent oppose it. Still, it doesn’t hurt to improve popular support even further by stressing the similarity to Medicare. House Democrats are nowtalking of rebranding the program as Medicare E–Medicare for everyone. ...
Public Option? Call It Medicare For Everyone
QandO —
Well, the cat is finally out of the bag:
House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option.
The strategy could benefit Democrats struggling to bridge the gap between liberals in their party, who want the public option, and centrists, who are worried it would drive private insurers out of business.
While much of the public is foggy on what a public option actually is, people understand ...
What's In A Name?
Daily Kos —
It seems pretty late in the game for something like this: House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option. The strategy could benefit Democrats struggling to bridge the gap between liberals in their party, who want the public option, and centrists, who are worried it would drive private insurers out of business. While much of the public is foggy on what a public option actually is, people understand Medicare. ...
Welcome to the party, Mike Ross!
Daily Kos —
... from The Hill about House Dems considering "rebranding" the public option. But there's something else that struck me about it: ...
“Medicare Part E”
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
The House Democrats are trying to re-name the public option. Publius notes: The most valid reason not to call it "Medicare" is that the public option is far less socialized. Even under the most liberal bills, the public option would only be
available to a fraction of the public, and even then would have other
restrictions such as artificial floors on reimbursement rates, etc.
...
Just Call It Medicare Part E
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option," reports The Hill. ...
Medicare for Everyone... Oh, really?
Corrente —
The Democrats are now pushing the public option as "Medicare for Everyone" despite the fact that the public option proposals will not be available to everyone and won't result in universal coverage. The timing of this with the planned scoring of HR 676 is simply shameless.
Does the Public Want a Public Option?
RealClearPolitics - Homepage —
... away. Marist uses the phrase "public option," which has become the conventional term for this insurance reform - but is nevertheless an intentionally constructed phrase designed to garner maximum public support. "Government-run health care" is foreboding, but "public option" is inviting. CNN uses the phrases "public health insurance option" and "compete." CBS News/ NY Times specifically relates the public option to Medicare, a program that is so popular that Democrats are now thinking about reframing their pitch for the public option as merely an extension of Medicare to ...
Pelosi's cost-shfiting will wreck health care
Betsy's Page —
... once they get a program in place, they can start piling on additional mandates and increase the size of the program just as has been done with other government health programs over the years. That is why they're so adamant to get a public option approved. They figure they can hammer out the expansion later. And the result will be to drive private insurers out of the market and throw more and more people into a government-provided insurance plan. That's why they're so excited about describing their plan as "Medicare for Everyone." They just are ignoring the fact that the ...
Michele Bachmann: Medicare is Going Broke, So Let's Give it to Everyone
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... is $40 trillion, or about $353,000 per household. By 2013, that total will grow to $54 trillion, or $474,077 per household. So let me ask you this: When we can't afford the public health plan we have already, does it make sense to expand it? That’s exactly what the Democrats want to do with their health care overhaul. The public option by another name is just “ Medicare for All .” The system is already broken, yet they want to compound the problem. With math like this, it’s no wonder we have a debt nearing $12 trillion and our country is running record deficits. This is real ...
Medi-Fraud for Everyone
The American Spectator —
... scammed $105 million from the federal government by filing 140,000 fraudulent Medicare claims, buying herself a Mercedes-Benz and two condominiums with a portion of the proceeds. The rampant fraud in existing government health care programs is nothing new, but the problem warrants increased attention given recent reports of growing momentum behind Democrats' push to create a new government-run program modeled after Medicare. Earlier this week, the Hill reported that House Democrats were discussing rebranding their so-called "public option" as "Medicare Part E," or "Medicare ...
Friday evening links
Maggie's Farm —
... once they get a program in place, they can start piling on additional mandates and increase the size of the program just as has been done with other government health programs over the years. That is why they're so adamant to get a public option approved. They figure they can hammer out the expansion later. And the result will be to drive private insurers out of the market and throw more and more people into a government-provided insurance plan. That's why they're so excited about describing their plan as "Medicare for Everyone." They just are ...
Saturday Open Thread
Hyscience —
... An invitation for readers to offer their opinion on what they believe Obamacare will do to America's health care system, as in how they feel about everyone essentially ending up on Medicare should a public option be passed. ...
CNN's Sanchez: Public Option 'Could Make Health Insurance More Competitive and Cheaper'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... get it in some form at this point. Here's who else is going to be speaking in just a little bit, Senator Harry Reid is about to announce his position on this. I asked you this same question, by the way, a little while ago. How you felt about public option. You know, I've got to tell you, the numbers seem to show right now, it's about 61 percent in favor.
That 61 percent figure came from a recent CNN poll. He could have, but didn't, cite another poll, one mentioned recently in The Hill:
Polling experts, however, have documented that ...
