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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Schumer: Public Option Near Votes Needed To Pass

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A key Democratic senator says he believes Democrats are close to the 60 votes they need to advance a health care bill that includes...

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Public Health Care Option Appears DOOMED

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health c...

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Harry Reid Ad Star: I'll Switch Parties If He Delivers Public Option

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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I just got off the phone with Lee Slaughter, the ailing Nevada woman who is starring in a powerful new ad demanding that Harry Reid prove "strong enou...

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2009: The Year Change Fell Prey to Backroom Deals

Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.25.2011

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2008 was the Year of Change -- when voters ushered in a new progressive era. But a year later, health care has been hijacked by extortionists -- just so we can "cut a deal" to get 60 U.S. Senators.

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Senate Health Bill Opposed By Unions, Full-Page Paper Ad Planned

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — About 30 unions will run a full-page ad in newspapers Wednesday announcing their opposition to the Senate Finance Committee's healt...

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Roosevelt Understood The Power Of The Public Option

The New York Times | Adam Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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As governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt crusaded for "public power," government-owned electric plants. He was outraged by the high prices that ...

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West Virginians Protest For Health Reform

Posted 05.25.2011

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A small but vocal group of protesters walked several blocks in Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday to promote health care reform. The group carried f...

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Blue Dog Democrats Dominate House Health Care Debate

The New York Review Of Books | Michael Tomasky | Posted 05.25.2011

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So what did the House Blue Dogs do on the health care vote last Saturday? They were more supportive than one might think: Of the fifty-two-member coal...

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The Public Option in Congress Is Now a Sham. Who Cares If Lieberman Kills It?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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With or without a fraudulent public option, millions of Americans who will be required to buy insurance or pay a fine will see their premiums skyrocket.

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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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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 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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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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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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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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