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Public Option

Sam Stein

Latest Public Option Concession Comes Into Focus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rosa DeLauro, Public Option Concession, Public Option Compromise, National Exchanges, Senate Bill, House Bill, State Exchanges, Public Option, Politics News

With several prominent House Democrats acknowledging that they will likely have to give up a public option for insurance coverage in health care refor...

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Sam Stein

Final Public Option Push Targets Sanders, Feingold, Brown And Franken

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Public Option, Sherrod Brown Public Option, The Progressive Change Campaign Committee Franken, Al Franken, The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Pccc Public Option, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

With just weeks left to affect the content of health care reform, a leading progressive group is launching a last-ditch effort to ensure that a public...

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House Democrats May Give Up Public Health Care Option (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Public Option, House of Representatives, Senate, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Congress, US Congress, Health Care Bill Merger, James Clyburn, Robert Menendez, Politics News

(AP) WASHINGTON — Two House Democrats who favor a government insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chambe...

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States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill

New York Times | KATE ZERNIKE | Posted 12.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Conference Committee, Medicaid, Medicare, Public Option, Senate Bill, Health Care, House Bill, Politics News

States that have already broadly expanded health care coverage are pushing back against the Senate overhaul bill, arguing that it unfairly penalizes t...

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My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Tea Party, Lobbyists, Progressives, Al Franken, Secession, Reform, Mccain, Alan Grayson, Awards, Farrah Fawcett, Steele, Arianna Huffington, Death Panel, Sarah Palin, Turncoat of the Year, Enough Already, Emanuel, Surge, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Argentina, Single Payer, Sotomayor, Rick Perry, Turncoat, Teabagger, Statue of Liberty, Health Care, Michael Steele, Public Option, Democrat, Sanford, Democrats, Biden, 2009, Barack Obama, Progressive, Rahm Emanuel, Health, Sonia Sotomayor, Best Comeback, Appalachian Trail, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Farrah, Worst Politician, Healthcare, Under the Bus, Nude Hiking Day, Mark Sanford, President, President Obama, Bill Owens, Cheney, Kate Jackson, Filibuster, Secede, Democratic, Obama, Iraq, Vitter, Most Original Thinker, Fair, Grayson, Republican, Lieberman, New Yorker, Atul Gawande, Mclaughlin, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Inauguration, Farrah Fawcett Majors, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Teleprompter, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Wall St, Specter, Biggest Loser, Franken, Person of the Year, Most Boring, McLaughlin Group, Texas, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Lobbyist, Poster, Swimsuit, Best Photo Op, Arianna, Wall Street, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Gawande, Palin, Best Politician, Charlie's Angels, Under a Bus, Medicare, Afghanistan, Fairest Rap, Pu-Litzer, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Welcome once again to our year-end wrap-up and awards ceremony. Honesty dictates that I immediately genuflect to The McLaughlin Group, from whom I have stolen all these award categories.

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60+ House Democrats Say "Any" Health Bill With No Public Option Is "Unacceptable"

David Sirota | Posted 12.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson, Medicare, Public Option, House Progressives, Progressives, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
David Sirota

The battle over the public option isn't over. Somehow, everyone's forgotten that 60+ House Democrats signed a letter demanding it just a few months ago.

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The Democrats' Authoritarian Health "Reform" Bill and the Ascendency of Corporatism in the Democratic Party

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Progressives, President Obama, Obama Administration, Medicare for All, House Progressive Caucus, Obama Progressives, Democratic Party, Single Payer, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Progressives, Democrats Public Option, Health Care Reform, Single Payer Healthcare, Senate Democrats, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Obama Public Option, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

From the moment he was elected, Obama has governed not as a progressive liberal but as a corporatist liberal. Progressive liberals hoped Obama would be like FDR. Instead, he's been like Bill Clinton on steroids.

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Political Labels 101: A Lesson for Republicans and Teabaggers

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anthony Weiner, You Lie, Public Option, Death Panels, George W. Bush, Olympia Snowe, Barack Obama, Susan Collins, Habermas, Pharmaceutical Companies, Socialist Party Usa, Health Insurance Companies, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Obama Nazi, Green Party, Obama Socialist, Health Care, Republicans, Teabaggers, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

I acknowledge that a fair debate on health care can be had. But what I have no patience for is the ignorance being injected into our national consciousness, most recently by Sarah Palin.

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David Sirota: Senate Health Care Bill Is A 'Handout To The Health Industry'

USA Today | David Sirota | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, David Sirota, Health Care Debate, Public Option, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Insurance Industry, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Health Care Public Option, Senate Health Care, Politics News

The Senate health care bill betrays the promise of fundamental "change" Democrats made during the 2008 election. It cloaks a handout to the health ind...

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The 12 Debates of Health Care (or, "What Lieberman Cost Us")

Doug Molitor | Posted 12.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Public Option, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Comedy News
Doug Molitor

Joe Lieberman writes laws the way I sing - a crappella. Like the sociopathic stalker of "The Twelve Days of Christmas", who sends his alleged true lo...

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Improving the Health Care Bill After It Passes Will Not Be Easy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nazi Germany, Preexisting Conditions, Public Option, Death Panels, Joseph Lieberman, Let Them Eat Cake, Health Insurance, Alice in Wonderland, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Communism, Democratic, Catch 22, Republican, Health Care Reform, New York Times, Joe Lieberman, Medicare Expansion, Paul Krugman, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Progressives who oppose this bill are not being obstructionist. Rather, they are taking the position that when real opportunities to reform health care arise, it is essential to get it right.

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Ryan Grim

After Ripping Clinton And McCain, Obama Embraces Their Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Cadillac Tax, Public Option, Mccain, Clinton, Senate Health Care Bill, Drug Companies, Obama, Health Insurance, Campaign, 2008 Election, Reimportation, Senate, Billy Tauzin, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Health Care, Politics News

In an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, President Barack Obama challenged his critics to identify any "gap" between what he campaigned ...

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Jason Linkins

Rep. Grijalva, Key House Progressive, Close To Conceding The End Of The Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Raul Grijalva, Public Option, Politics News

In an interview with The Plum Line's Greg Sargent, Representative Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) indicated earlier today that he might be able to support hea...

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Jason Linkins

Dem Strategy Memo Says The 'Good News' Is That Democrats Haven't Done Enough On Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Health Care Reform, Health Care Polling, Public Option, Polling, Senate Health Care Bill, Politics News

According to some new strategy memo that's going to fix everything, Democrats should not worry about all those polls that indicate an increasing oppos...

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Sam Stein

Gibbs: Obama 'Absolutely' Did Everything To Get Public Option, Despite No Talks With Lieberman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House Public Option, Barack Obama, Lieberman Talks, Obama Lieberman, Public Option, Obama Public Option, Politics News

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted once more that President Obama did everything he could to get a public option through the Senate, ev...

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Who You Callin' Moderate?

Laura Flanders | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Harry Reid, Senate, Congress, Public Option, Laura Flanders, Grittv, Ben Nelson, Bart Stupak, Grit Tv, Health Care, Politics News
Laura Flanders

To get so-called moderate Democrat Ben Nelson on board, Harry Reid had to agree to a decidedly un-moderate compromise on abortion rights.

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

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sen. Tom Harkin, Sen. Harkin, Public Option, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Harkin, White House Public Option, Health Care, Health Care Public Option, Politics News

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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Interview With President Barack Obama

April D. Ryan | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Danny Glover, Swine Flu Vaccination, Public Option, Congressional Black Caucus, Swine Flu, H1n1, Barack Obama, African Americans, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
April D. Ryan

Obama: "The Senate and the House bills are 95 percent identical. There's 5 percent differences, and one of those differences is the public option. But this is an area that has just become symbolic of a lot of ideological fights."

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Don't Kill the Health Reform Bill - Improve It

Roger Hickey | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Progressive Movement, Campaign for America's Future, Roger Hickey, Public Option, Kill the Bill, Health Reform, Politics News
Roger Hickey

If Obama and the Democratic party play their cards right, they will present this legislation not as the only legislation we will need, but rather as the first step in a series of reforms that will eventually achieve what the American people want.

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The Senate Health Care Bill: Leave No Special Interest Behind

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Senate Health Care Vote, President Obama, Public Option, No Child Left Behind, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Vote, Paul Krugman, Ted Kennedy, Health Care Debate, Kathleen Sebelius, Tom Daschle, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

There are many reasons for hoping the Senate health care bill doesn't become the law of the land. But the biggest reason of all is the desperate need for a DC pattern interrupt.

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What the Media and Obama Never Understood About the Public Option

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Corporate America, Rahm Emanuel, Medicare Buy In, Private Health Insurance, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Health Care Reform, Planes, Cancer, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

What I'm afraid of is that this bill makes private insurance larger and stronger -- and thus, gets us further away from curing the main problem of our health care system: perverse incentives.

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Jason Linkins

Health Care Reform Bill Still Sparking Disputes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, Public Option, Senate Health Care Bill, Media News

Last night's vote in the Senate sent its watered-down version of health care reform on to the next step in the sausage-making process. And while refor...

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Health Care Reform: A History In Books

The New York Review of Books | Posted 12.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Nyr, Bill Clinton, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Ehrenreich, Health Care, Healthcare, Books News

Amy Hertz, The Huffington Post: Health care reform, on everybody's mind as Obama's original plan gets watered down and twisted unrecognizably as it ma...

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Why Hasn't There Been a Progressive March on DC?

Matt Osborne | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Progressive Values, First Amendment, Crashing-the-Gate, Public Option, Progressives, National Mall, Democrats Public Option, Health Care Reform, Democracy, March on Washington, March, Progressive Politics, Progressive Movement, Petition, Politics News
Matt Osborne

Popular action is the very definition of democracy. It doesn't happen without us, and it isn't a human right upheld by some magic fairness-fairy. If the public option's not in the bill, it's because we haven't shown up to demand it.

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Washington's Snow and the Lack of Community Spirit

Tamar Abrams | Posted 12.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Chip, Public Option, Altruism, Snow, Christmas, Health Care Reform, Washington DC, Community, Greenhouse Gases, Living News
Tamar Abrams

Snow affords us an opportunity to care for one another. We can shovel for an elderly neighbor, and make crossing safe for pedestrians. Whether shoveling a sidewalk or providing health care to Americans -- we could all use altruism this season.

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