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nytimes.com - 6/28/2009

Economic View - The Pitfalls of the Public Option in Health Care

— nytimes.com — IN the debate over health care reform , one issue looms large: whether to have a public option. Should all Americans have the opportunity to sign up for government-run health insurance? President Obama has made his own preferences clear. In a letter ... (more) Economic View - The Pitfalls of the Public Option in ...

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action.firedoglake.com - 6/23/2009

Public Option Whip Count Tool

— action.firedoglake.com — Progressive members of Congress need to draw a line in the sand and demand a public health insurance option -- something 76% of Americans want . We need a public plan that is: Please call progressive members of Congress and ask them to pledge that ... (more) Public Option Whip Count Tool

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heritage.org - 6/27/2009

Medicare Administrative Costs Are Higher, Not Lower, Than for Private Insurance

— heritage.org — Many advocates of a public health plan claim that Medicare has lower administrative costs than private insurance. However, on a per-person basis Medicare's administrative costs are actually higher than those of private insurance. (more) Medicare Administrative Costs Are Higher, Not Lower, ...

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Making Health Care Cheaper Is A Big Problem
Eschaton — So says the very silly senator from Maine.

Senators Mobilize to Protect Insurance Industry from Competition
Matthew Yglesias — Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Olympia Snowe is open to a compromise on a public option, but she wants a “trigger” mechanism in order to protect private health insurance firms from the threat of “unfairly” needing to compete with cheaper alternatives: In an ...

Who Is Our Economy FOR, Anyway?
Seeing the Forest — Who Is Our Economy FOR, Anyway? -- by Dave Johnson The Seeing the Forest question: Who is our economy FOR, anyway? If the government provides good, low-cost health care to citizens it reduces the profits of the big insurance and drug companies. This health care battle lays down a clear choice of who benefits: citizens or a wealthy few? Republican Senator Snowe of Maine announces her choice. See Open Left:: The Problem With The Public Option Is That It Lowers The Cost Of Health Insurance , In an Associated Press interview in Portland, Snowe said it would be unfair to include a government-run health insurance option that would ...

Dave Johnson: Who Is Our Economy FOR, Anyway?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — If the government provides good, low-cost health care to citizens it reduces the profits of the big insurance and drug companies. This health care battle lays down a clear choice of who benefits: citizens or a wealthy few? Republican Senator Snowe of Maine announces her choice. See Chris Bowers' post Open Left:: The Problem With The Public Option Is That It Lowers The Cost Of Health Insurance, In an Associated Press interview in Portland, Snowe said it would be unfair to include a government-run health insurance option that would take effect immediately. "If you establish a public option at ...

A Public Health Care Option Would Save Consumers Money
The Moderate Voice — ... And that is why Olympia Snowe wants to keep it out of the Obama administration’s health care reform bill. Chris Bowers quotes from an AP article published in the Baltimore Sun: ...

Senate Dems Compromise with Themselves to Weaken Public Health Plan
Firedoglake — Snowe and Landrieu I don't know why I bothered. Leaked trial balloons from the Senate Finance and HELP Committees on their respective versions of a public insurance option tell me Senate Democrats have no intention of adopting a robust public plan or any other reforms that will challenge the corrupt structure of the ...