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Sam Stein

Two-Thirds Of States Would Offer Public Option: CBO

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that roughly 33 states -- or two out of every three -- would offer a national, government-run insurance opti...

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Sam Stein

Lieberman's Conn. Colleagues: He's Out Of Touch With Constituents On Public Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

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Two of Connecticut's five members of the House of Representatives accused the state's junior senator, Joseph Lieberman, of turning his back on the int...

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The Audacity of Greed

Robert Reich | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Robert Reich

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

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Friday Talking Points: Is Opt-Out The Answer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The plan isn't going into effect until 2013. Think you're tired of TV ads and screaming folks at town hall meetings now? Picture a more local version of that for the next four years -- not a pretty sight.

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Fate of Healthcare Reform Is in Joe Lieberman's Hands

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Progressive observers may be forgetting that the 60 votes in the Senate necessary to invoke cloture, in most people's calculations, includes Joe Lieberman (I-Hartford Insurance).

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Supporting a Robust Public Option

Sen. Arlen Specter | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Arlen Specter

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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Let Insiders Make Health Deals

Jim Jaffe | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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Jim Jaffe

Each time politicians seeking to make a deal try to move the ball forward, there's a vocal reaction from those who can't tell the difference between making a deal and selling out.

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Sam Stein

Reid Says Public Plan Will Be In Final Bill: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who will have wide control over reconciling two versions of health care legislation in the Senate, told local const...

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Sam Stein

Harkin Hangs Tough: We Still Can Get 60 Votes For A Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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One of the most prominent champions of a public option for health insurance coverage insisted on Wednesday that he still has the 60 votes needed to ge...

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Healthcare Hindenburg

Alan Farnham | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

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Alan Farnham

The Hidenburg disaster marked the end of one of the most dramatic and unequivocal head-to-head competitions between private enterprise and government ever waged.

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The Public Option Lives On

Robert Reich | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Robert Reich

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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Sam Stein

Ben Nelson Won't Commit To Blocking GOP Health Care Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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One of the toughest Democrats to corral in the Senate confirmed on Thursday that he is not committed to helping his party block a Republican filibuste...

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Public Option Is Not Essential

Stan Dorn | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

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Stan Dorn

Should Progressives in Congress kill any health care legislation that doesn't have public insurance option? It all depends. Remember that nearly 50 million people in this country lack health insurance.

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GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People

David Cay Johnston | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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David Cay Johnston

The bias in favor of property over people should be ended with all deliberate speed by raising the standard for people to that of property. A public option would be one small step in that direction.

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Daily Pulse: Obama to Outline Vision for Health Care Reform

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Lindsay Beyerstein

This is Obama's last chance to recapture the momentum that Democrats lost to corporate-backed town hall hooligans and misinformation during the August recess.

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The Public Option: The Third Way, Not the Third Rail

Howard A. Kahn | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

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Howard A. Kahn

It's in. It's out. Is it in again or is it out again? The public option in health care reform or the "government health program," depending on your perspective, is the "Wac-A-Mole" of health care reform.

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How (and Why) Ted Kennedy Might Have 'Compromised' on Healthcare Reform

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

Promote the states as the final arbiters of whether to adopt the public plan, and instantly, it is not Barack Obama but 50 state governors and legislatures who wield the power.

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My Open Letter on Health Insurance Reform

Rep. Jerrold Nadler | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Jerrold Nadler

Let's drive the message home: we need health insurance reform, we need a strong public option, and we won't settle for less.

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Want to Lower The Healthcare Price Tag? The Insurance Debate is Just the Beginning

Zack Cooper | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Zack Cooper

As the healthcare debate rages on, it is important to keep in mind the limits of what our healthcare system can accomplish.

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Sam Stein

New Poll: 77 Percent Support "Choice" Of Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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More than three out of every four Americans feel it is important to have a "choice" between a government-run health care insurance option and private ...

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Sam Stein

White House Draws Line In The Sand... But Not On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Wednesday that President Obama is unalterably opposed to a health care bill that raises taxes on thos...

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Weekly Pulse: Public Option on Life Support

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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The Media Consortium

The White House is sorely mistaken if it thinks that the public option belongs in the "nice but not necessary" category. Without it, there's little hope of containing costs or reigning in the power of insurance companies.

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Sam Stein

Kyl: Co-Ops A "Trojan Horse" For Public Option, GOP Won't Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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A key member of Republican leadership in the Senate declared on Tuesday that a cooperative approach to health insurance was merely a "Trojan horse" fo...

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Sam Stein

Key Blue Dog Democrat Pushes Health Insurance Co-ops (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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One of the chief Blue Dog Democrats in the House made the case on Monday that fellow members of his party should get behind health care legislation th...

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Sorry, Not Enough House Votes To Pass Health Care Bill Without a Public Option

Jane Hamsher | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Kent Conrad, Health Care, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Jerrold Nadler, Public Plan, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

What was once the defining feature of the Obama health care plan has now been dismissed with a bipartisan flourish.

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