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Caring About Health Care
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... looks at the debate surrounding the president and the health care negotiations. Plus: Sen. Schumer proposes that any program must comply with the rules that apply to private insurance.
ThinkFast: May 5, 2009
Think Progress —
... Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said yesterday that any public health insurance option “must be subject to the same regulations and requirements as all other plans” in the insurance market. He also suggested that a public plan should be self-sustaining without tax revenue; should pay doctors more than Medicare pays; should not force doctors and hospitals to participate; and should have government managers who are separate from insurance industry regulators. ...
The WonkLine: May 5, 2009
Wonk Room —
... Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) compromise on the public plan: require “the public plan to resemble private insurance as much as possible.” ...
Schumer Explains How He Would Level Playing Field Between Private And Public Health Plans
Wonk Room —
... in the final health reform legislation, “has proposed that any new government-run insurance program comply with all the rules and standards that apply to private insurance”: ...
Health Care Tuesday
Daily Kos —
... is not recommending or offering H1N1 testing for people with mild flu symptoms. Karen Tumulty: As hard as it will be for lawmakers to navigate the political and philosophical minefields to get to 51 votes for health-care reform, the most difficult challenge of all may be the number on the bottom line. Under the budget rules, any reform scheme will have to pay for itself within six years. NY Times: In an effort to defuse the most explosive issue in the debate over ...
Izvestia: the middle ground in health care reform is a public option that's no better than a private plan
Corrente —
... Izvestia-on-the-Hudson "reports" today that Senator Schumer, "scorched by Republican opposition to the idea of a new public program like Medicare," (scorched? what're they gonna do, take away his birthday?) offers a "middle ground": a public plan based on a set of principles, the first of which is that it won't be supported by public funds: ...
Jason Rosenbaum: Senator Schumer's Health Care "Compromise" - Don't Freak Out
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
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Suburban Guerrilla —
... Izvestia-on-the-Hudson “reports” today that Senator Schumer, “scorched by Republican opposition to the idea of a new public program like Medicare,” (scorched? what’re they gonna do, take away his birthday?) offers a “middle ground”: a public plan based on a set of principles, the first of which is that it won’t be supported by public funds: ...
Obama’s campaign to takeover healthcare is on
Patterico's Pontifications —
... recently warned that they will not support a bill without the public plan. Sen. Chuck Schumer is trying to lure moderates with a “compromise” that would require that the public plan abide by the same rules and regulations as private plans. The are ...
Been Arlen Spectered but Not Resurrected
Firedoglake —
... Specter was all over the place this past week—backing Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman over Democrat Al Franken—then not—voting against President Obama's budget and opposing a public option in health care reform legislation.
But he scrapped a scheduled appearance last night on CNN's Larry King show and has made himself "extremely scarce" since Tuesday night's vote stripping him of seniority rights in Senate committees.
Maybe he's taking time to think about what it means to be a Democrat. ...
Who Will Be at the Table? PhRMA and the AMA Join Forces with Insurers
Commondreams.org Views —
... about a public plan on the magazine's blog, unsurprisingly referring to the "immense power of the private insurance industry." No mention that the AMA, the drug companies, and hospitals don't want a public plan either. Their reason: A public plan might pay them lower prices for their services, or set other regulations they don't like, or force private insurers to pay them less, too. That's why some compromisers like New York Sen. Charles Schumer have proposed a plan that would pay these groups higher rates than Medicare, and would follow the same rules, such as maintaining ...
