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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/24/2009
Why the Critics of a Public Option for Health Care Are Wrong
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Without a public option, the other parties that comprise America's non-system of health care -- private insurers, doctors, hospitals, drug companies, and medical suppliers -- have little or no incentive to supply high-quality care at a lower cost than they do now. Which is precisely why the ...
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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seiu.org - 6/22/2009
Service Employees International Union - NBC/WSJ Poll: 76% of Americans Support Public Health ...
— seiu.org — Congress can't seem to reach a consensus, but the American people have overwhelmingly made up their minds: we need a public health insurance option. A new poll conducted by NBC and the Wall Street Journal [.pdf] is the latest in a series of polls to ... (more) Service Employees International Union - NBC/WSJ Poll: ...

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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/24/2009
Obama messes up on health care, big time
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Really bad news on the health care front. After making the case for a public option, and doing it very well, Obama said this: "We have not drawn lines in the sand other than that reform has to control costs and that it has to provide relief to people ... (more) Obama messes up on health care, big time

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The Republic of T.:  Digest for June 23rd through June 25th

Talking Points Memo:  Dead Wrong

Obsidian Wings:  About That "Unfairness"

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Digest for June 23rd through June 25th
The Republic of T. — Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for June 23rd through June 25th: Perils of the Public Plan - Matt Weinstein: What Bernie Madoff Couldn't Steal From Me - Robust Health Care Reform is the Moment of Truth for Obama and the Democrats - Public Option or Bust - Why the Critics of a Public Option for Health Care Are Wrong - Andrea Chalupa: Gays, Marriage, and Money - Editorial: Paycheck Fairness - Editorial: Rape in Prison - ...

Dead Wrong
Talking Points Memo — Reich: Why the critics of the public option are wrong.

About That "Unfairness"
Obsidian Wings — ... On this same point, Robert Reich explains: Under every plan that's being discussed on Capitol Hill, subsidies go to individuals and families who need them in order to afford health care, not to a public plan.  . . .  Legislation should also make crystal clear that ...

Hullabaloo — ... it would actually be to reverse those incentives. With millions of new customers entering the market, the profits have the potential to soar. But with a public option in competition, as long as there are strong regulations available so insurers cannot cherry-pick the healthy, suddenly they would have to compete on offering the best price or the highest quality plan. The arguments that government can deliver insurance with lower administrative costs, better economies of scale, etc. would be a feature and not a bug, and I don't think the public will react unfavorably ...

The Public Plan: Dissents To The Dissent
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... around, those who can't afford coverage will receive a subsidy from the government (whether as a voucher or tax rebate) to buy health insurance on the market. They can buy the public option with their subsidy. They can buy a private plan with their subsidy. Whether the public plan will out-compete the private plans is a separate question, but your reader's description of the subsidy, and the corresponding analysis is fundamentally flawed. Robert Reich makes this point (and others) at TPM. Another: ...

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