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The Public Option Fight Continues--But How Exactly Does Reform Work?
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 19 days ago
The Public Option Fight Continues--But How Exactly Does Reform Work?
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After weeks of waiting and wondering, leaders in both chambers of Congress have announced their intentions with respect to the public option. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rounding up the votes for a bill with a government insurance plan that will negotiate rates with providers. Senate Majority ...
thehill.com - 21 days ago
Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board
— thehill.com — Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Harry Reid that he will not block healthcare reform, sources say. Read more... (more) Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board

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Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year
cbsnews.com - 20 days ago
Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year
— cbsnews.com — Asked if health care reform legislation will pass this year, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid told reporters today that "we're not going to be bound by any timelines." "We need to do the best job we can for the American people," he said. "We want ... (more) Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year

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Talking Points Memo:  So What Exactly Is in This Bill?

BlueOregon:  Historic: House passes health care reform, 220-215

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So What Exactly Is in This Bill?
Talking Points Memo — ... So today I had Brian Beutler help me out by explaining just what's in this legislation. What are the new regs? What are these exchange things? Helped me a lot. You should read it too. ...

Historic: House passes health care reform, 220-215
BlueOregon — ... For the first time in American history, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve a universal health insurance program. (TPM has an excellent description of what's actually in the bill.) ...

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Rep. Bill Owens (D NY-23) breaks his word on the public option.
redstate.com 16 days ago — (H/T: Big Government ) I’m actually not upset about this, seeing as I knew all along that he’d break his word. Fish swim, birds fly, ‘conservative’ Democratic legislators betray their principles on cue. And so it is, here:  ...
Dems "have the votes" in House; anti-abortion Stupak Amendment passes
the-reaction.blogspot.com 14 days ago — By Michael J.W. Stickings The Hill and Politico are reporting that Democrats have the 218 votes necessary to pass the health-care reform bill. As CNN is reporting, the awful Stupak Amendment passed 240-194 earlier this evening. It "bans ...
Sen. Reed: Snowe trigger still under discussion in Senate — Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed
   BOB SCHIEFFER: Do you think, at this point, Senator Reed, that there are the votes in the Senate to pass the bill that the House passed? Because it does include the so-called public option--this government health care insurance program that would be run by the government. Do you ...
Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing? — Commondreams.org Views
by Marcia Angell Well, the House health reform bill -- known to Republicans as the Government Takeover -- finally passed after one of Congress's longer, less enlightening debates. Two stalwarts of the single-payer movement split their votes; John Conyers voted for it; Dennis Kucinich ...
Kucinich: “There Weren’t 14 Votes to Force Single Payer Vote, and Nobody Tried to Get Them” — Firedoglake
I was on Democracy Now with Dennis Kucinich this morning talking about the health care vote. Kucinich voted against the bill after they didn’t allow a vote on his amendment to allow states to create single-payer health care systems . I noted that Bart Stupak was able to pull his ...
2 More Votes For a Public Option In the House — TalkLeft
I found something worthwhile from last night's election results. TPM : The NY-23 seat [. . .] went to Democrat Bill Owens [. . .] [a]nd the CA-10 seat [. . .] went to Democrat John Garamendi. That creates some simple arithmetic. Yesterday, Democrats had 256 voting members in the House. By ...
"Robust," the unlikely new leader in health reform buzzwords. — Slate Magazine
When House Democrats rolled out a new health reform bill last week, much of the focus was on one word not found in its 1,990 pages – "robust." "No 'Robust' Public Option," declared the Christian Science Monitor. "Not enough votes for the 'robust' public option," reported Politico. Even the ...
Landrieu seems to back a trigger — First Read
From NBC's Ken Strickland As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid remains shy of the 60 votes he needs to bring his health-care bill to the floor, one of the senators withholding her support appears to be moving away from Reid's bill that contains a public option -- and leaning instead ...