motherjones.com - 10/28/2009
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Andrew Sullivan thinks the "opt-out" public option is a piece of political genius. Imagine, he says, what happens next if it passes: Well, there has to be a debate in every state in which Republicans, where they hold a majority or the governorship, will presumably decide to deny their ...
prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/26/2009
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After two weeks of deliberation, the Senate majority
leader, Harry Reid, will announce a compromise public plan...
to be included in the Senate's health care legislation.
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Senator Reid Announces 'Opt-Out' Public Plan
politico.com - 10/27/2009
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 10/26/2009
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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 ...
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The When, How, Who, and What of the Public Option Opt-Out
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The Lethal Politics Of The Opt-Out Public Option, Ctd
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Drum adds his two cents: For the next four years Republican state legislators all over the
country will be teaming up with the universally loathed insurance
industry to try and deny their citizens access to a program that, for
most of them, sounds like a pretty good deal. I don't know if Harry
Reid was deviously thinking exactly that thought when he decided on
this, but I'll bet someone was. It's hard to think of something that
could force the GOP to make itself even more unpopular than it already
is, but this might be it. ...
The politics of the opt-out compromise
Political Animal —
... in the public psyche if it works as it should. Try running against Medicare. The genius of the opt-out is that it co-opts the states' rights argument (just as ending the prohibition on marijuana does); it has the potential to make "liberalism' popular again; it has easily demonized opponents - the health insurance industry; and it forces Republicans not to rail against socialism in the abstract but to oppose actual benefits for the working poor in reality. Sounds right to me. Kevin Drum added , "If it passes, then for the next four years Republican state legislators all over ...
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Will any states actually opt out of the public plan?
voices.washingtonpost.com 10/29/2009 — Andrew Sullivan takes a look at what will happen if the Senate actually does pass an opt-out plan and sees disaster on the horizon for the Republicans. "Imagine Republicans in state legislatures having to argue and posture against an affordable ...
Opt-Out -- By: Rich Lowry
corner.nationalreview.com 10/28/2009 — As Michael Franc points out , the opt-out is a joke. Does a state get to opt-out of the taxes too? My take on the resurrection of the public option here. I'm not buying the talk of Obamacare's inevitability.
The Politics of the Opt-Out
anonymousliberal.com 10/26/2009 — The rumor at the moment (which may well be disproved shortly) is that the health care bill Harry Reid will send to the Senate floor will include a national public insurance plan that individual states may choose to "opt out" of. I've previously ...
Dem senator sees 'opt-in' replacing 'opt-out' in health bill
thehill.com 10/30/2009 — The Senate health bill is drifting toward ending up with an "opt-in" provision versus an "opt-out," one Democratic senator said Friday. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) predicted that healthcare reform in the upper chamber would shift from its ...
Support for Opt Out Public Option
angrybear.blogspot.com 10/9/2009 — Robert Waldmann There is a surprising consensus for having a public option but allowing states to opt out. Paul Krugman likes the idea Josh Marshall likes the idea (and notes that Sen Schumer likes the idea) DailyKos frontpager McJoan likes the idea In that post Mcjoan also notes that Max ...
Rockefeller Warms To Public Option Opt Out; So Do Conservative Dems
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/22/2009 — Earlier today, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) told me something somewhat unexpected . "I'm looking very much now at this opt out public option," he said, "not opt in but opt out--so you start out with a public option, and if you don't like it you can ...
What opt-out states would 'pay for'
washingtonmonthly.com 10/28/2009 — WHAT OPT-OUT STATES WOULD 'PAY FOR'.... Greta Van Susteren claimed last night that states that chose not to give their residents the choice of a public option would "still have to pay for it." She didn't specific what "it" referred...
Problems with the Public Option Opt Out – By the Numbers
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 10/9/2009 —
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Previously, I addressed what I consider to be the biggest problem with this new public option opt out compromise . It leaves the people most in need without the public option (red states tend to have much higher uninsured ...
Opt Out Going to the Senate Floor
angrybear.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — Robert Waldmann Harry Reid is sending a health care reform bill with a public option and an opt out claus to the floor of the Senate. . Josh Marshall explains why it is good policy and notes "the importance that an outside-the-box idea can have in significantly changing the terms of a major ...
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