Obama Public Option

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Obama Gets 11-Dimensional Chess Win; Epic Fail for Media, GOP

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

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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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Calling Out the House Progressive Caucus: Are You Men and Women, or Are You Mice?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

If you break your pledge and vote for a health reform bill without this minimally robust version of the public option, you've ensured that even with a Democratic majority, all "reform" will be limited by your Blue Dog colleagues.

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

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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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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Who's Killing the Public Option? President Obama With a Rahm-Bow

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Those fighting for a "robust" public option need to finally accept the hard truth that Barack Obama is not an ally. He's an obstacle.

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Schumer: Public Option Near Votes Needed To Pass

AP | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

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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 Option: Progressives Take Aim At Rahm, Demand White House Take A Stronger Stance

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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In recent weeks, liberal groups have largely refrained from directly pressuring the White House on the public option -- even as there's been lots of g...

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Jay Rockefeller: White House Approach To Public Option "Difficult To Fathom"

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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I just spoke with Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), who had a bit of a fractured take on the current state of the public option. He took issue with the Pre...

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Obama Not Demanding Public Option Be Part Of Health Care Reform, Aides Say

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The White House will not commit to health care legislation that would cap insurance premiums or tax benefits, taking a wait-and-see...

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The Audacity of Greed

Robert Reich | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Health insurers have just made the best argument yet about why a public insurance option is necessary.

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Why We're Breaking With the Blue Dogs on the Public Option

Rep. Jane Harman | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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We understand the fear of many insured Californians that health care reform will revoke their current doctors and coverage. But the grim reality is that many more insured people will lose their coverage without reform.

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Supporting a Robust Public Option

Sen. Arlen Specter | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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The public option will create competition and will help to provide affordable choices for American families. It will also allow us to greatly expand the number of Americans with health insurance, and that is an imperative.

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Obama Pushing Public Option Behind The Scenes In Senate: LAT

L.A. Times | Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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Despite months of outward ambivalence about creating a government health insurance plan, the Obama White House has launched a behind-the-scenes campai...

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Obama Ally Schweitzer: I Like The Public Option But It's Likely Dead

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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Montana Governor and Obama ally Brian Schweitzer acknowledged on Friday that while he supported a public option for health insurance coverage, the pro...

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Dana Milbank: Where Is Obama's Backbone?

Washington Post | Dana Milbank | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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Helen Thomas is 89 years old and requires some assistance to get to and from the daily White House briefing. Yet her backbone has proved stronger than...

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Healthy Reform for America: We Can't Back Down from the Public Option

Manan Trivedi | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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I currently have seen no other alternative to achieve real cost control and truly provide significant competition to the insurance companies than a strong public option modeled after Medicare.

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The Public Option Lives On

Robert Reich | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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The public option lives on. It's still in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension bill. It still headlines the House bills, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's still committed to it.

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Health Care Reform Is America's Anti-Theft Device

David A. Love | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Only in America will people justify the continued existence of private health care insurers, and making a buck over what should be the guaranteed right of access to health care.

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New DNC Obama Ad: Get "Fired Up" and "Ready To Go" About No Public Option

Jane Hamsher | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Passing the Baucus bill means stabbing the base in the back and destroying 2010 turnout for the midterms, which is pretty much what NAFTA did in 1994.

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Obama Campaign Arm Drops Demand For Public Option

The New Argument | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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Organizing for America has dropped the demand for the public option from their open letter to members of Congress. [...] This change confirms Obama's...

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Admit It: A Robust Public Option Is Dead

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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With a robust public option dead, the only way to prevent a massive Democratic-sponsored bailout of the health care industry is to regulate insurance premiums and put a trigger on individual mandates.

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The False Premise That Obama Wants A Public Option

John Knefel | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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To assume that Obama wants the public option based only on rhetoric is the height of idiocy. Do we assume a husband loves his wife simply because he says he does, despite years of infidelity?

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76% Support Restricted Public Option ... Which Is What's in the Bill

Bill Scher | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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The majority of the country wants the assurance that there will be healthy public-private competition. What hasn't been made clear is that assurance is already in the bill.

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P.U.B.L.I.C. O.P.T.I.O.N.

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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When Obama spoke of the public option in Congress, he was surely talking about a public health insurance plan, but he was also talking about a concept to keep the insurance industry in check.

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Who will be the Killer D's

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Obama created the space for the Democrats to work. He outlined a lot of stuff, but did not get specific in the semantics. He opened up the lane once again for prima donna Congresspeople to drive in for the layup.

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Key House Progressives Open To "Trigger" Bargain

Roll Call | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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Amid fresh signs that the White House is preparing to back a scaled-down health care overhaul that would only include a public insurance option as a f...

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