Health Care Public Option

States Put Their Own Spin On Obama Health Care Law

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Rancor over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has largely overshadowed some states' efforts to use the law to help them mo...

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Did Obama Kill the Public Option in July?

Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.25.2011

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We know the White House cut a deal with hospitals and insurance companies last July on prescription drugs -- but as a New York Times reporter said this week, they also killed the public option.

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Obama, Durbin and Pelosi All Point Fingers at Someone Else for Killing Public Option

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's all Kabuki theater to cover up the truth that President Obama made a backroom deal with the for-profit hospital industry that the final health care bill would not include a national public option.

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HR 4789 and The Public Option: The Way Forward

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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I've introduced H.R. 4789, the Public Option Act. This simple four-page bill lets any American buy into Medicare at cost. You want it, you pay for it, you're in. It adds nothing to the deficit; you pay what it costs.

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The Cure That Dares Not Speak Its Name

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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How does the rest of the club of affluent countries manage to insure everyone for 9 or 10 percent of GDP, and have a healthier and longer-lived population, to boot?

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The Real Reason Obama's Plan Doesn't Include a Public Option

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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The real reason Obama's health care plan doesn't include a public option is that he made a backroom deal last summer with the for-profit hospital industry that there would be no meaningful public option.

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Public Option Push: Four More Democratic Senators Ask Reid For Vote

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday four Dem Senators made a big splash by signing a letter pushing Dem leaders to pass the public option via reconciliation, suggesting the pro...

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Dianne Feinstein Signs On To Public Option Push

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Support for the public health insurance option is surging in the Senate. It began with three freshman Democrats in the House, Alan Grayson (Fla.), Che...

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Funding Public Health Care With a Publicly Owned Bank: How Canada Did It

Ellen Brown | Posted 05.26.2011

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The Bank of Canada was created to end the hardships of the depression and give the government responsibility for the health of the economy. As it turned out, the Bank funded the health of the Canadian people.

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Health Care Poll: Support For A Public Option At An All Time High

MSNBC | Mark Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moves forward crafting a Senate health-care bill that contains a public option -- with a state "opt out" -- the l...

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Anthony Weiner: GOP Public Option Opponents Should Give Up Their Medicare

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) called on 55 Republican adversaries of the public option to give up their government-funded health insurance...

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Health Care Poll: Majority Wants Public Option Over Bipartisanship

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Okay, this is important: The new Washington Post poll finally asks people about their cravings for bipartisanship in the right way, and its finding re...

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Harkin Surprised, Disappointed To Hear That Obama Didn't Push Public Option

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) articulated surprise and disappointment that the White House had not done more to push Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to ...

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Health Care Politiku

Susanna Speier | Posted 05.25.2011

Not at all surprising, when I sent out my Health Care Politiku submission query I was swamped with phenomenal submissions.

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A Public Option That Won't Break the Bank

Burton L. Wise | Posted 05.25.2011

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A similar program to Oregon's could be established nationally, with the priority list determined by the Institute of Medicine, the CDC, or another appropriate agency.

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican strategy of delay escalated their misfortune; their "tea party" movement is a great, big Teabagger Fail, and the media's credibility is shot right along with them.

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Medical Industry Grumbles Over Bill, But It Stands To Gain

The New York Times | Duff Wilson and Reed Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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For any industry, there has to be at least some good news any time Congress votes to expand the market by tens of millions of customers. But the busi...

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AMA Faces Revolt After Humiliating Senate Defeat

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Does the AMA matter in the health care debate? Congress is beginning to have its doubts, despite the medical association's deep poc...

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A Simpleton Tries to Understand the Health Care Debate

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now, the first thing I want you to know is that I'm no health care policy expert. Far from it. But, like the rest of us, I have a body and a mind tha...

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Anthony Weiner: Obama Administration "Half-Pregnant With The Insurance Industry"

The Hill | Jordan Fabian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that the Obama administration is "half-pregnant" with health insurers and pharmaceutical companies, which...

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

I'm happy for union workers who've earned "better" plans through collective bargaining. But I'm somewhat unsympathetic on the subject when most of us working stiffs can't afford any plan at all.

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Senate Health Care Bill: Five Things You Don't Know

Politics Daily | Patricia Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you've been following the health care debate closely, you probably know the basics of the Senate Finance Committee's version of health care reform ...

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It's Not Over Yet: Five Ways You Can Improve the Senate Health Care Bill

Greg Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are a number of vital amendments to the Senate health care reform bill that can go a long way towards making lemonade out of the lemons that Joe Lieberman has thrown our way.

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Universal Health Care Is Top Priority For Latino Voters

ImpreMedia | Pilar Marrero | Posted 05.25.2011

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Latino voters in the United States see health care reform as the most important priority for the country and a solid majority expresses support for un...

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Pearlstein: Restore Majority Rule To The Senate

The Washington Post | Steven Pearlstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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By now most people have heard the story of the frog that's put in a pot of cold water on a hot stove and doesn't notice as it is gradually boiled to d...

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