Public Plan Option

Dealbreaker: Five Reasons Co-Ops Will Fail

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blue Cross, Health Care Cooperatives, Public Plan Option, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Kent Conrad, Health Reform, Co-Opers, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Co-ops are not a bad idea -- if they are offered alongside a public option. As a replacement for them, however, they're a dealbreaker.

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Introducing the Concept of Choice Into Our Health Care System

Sen. Robert Menendez | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Robert Menendez

Choice in health care isn't just about allowing families to shop around. It's about making health care better through real competition for your business.

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Health Reform: Ideas At Work vs. Self-Negating Arguments

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: New America Foundation, Public Plan Option, Kent Conrad, Health CEOs for Health Reform, Health Cooperatives, Health Reform, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Let's redesign our health system so that it encourages ideas that work. And how will we know what works? In our country's tried-and-true way: by letting the people decide.

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McConnell and Health Care: Strange Bedfellows

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Sen. McConnell, Public Plan Option, Health Care, Uninsured, Health Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

With all due respect, Senator McConnell, you don't get it. Your "the sky is falling" approach in discussing a government run plan as a health care plan option for all Americans is mind-boggling.

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How to Follow the Health Reform Debate

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ezra Klein, Karen Tumulty, Massachusetts Health Reform, Mandates, Max Baucus, Public Plan Option, Health Care, Health Reform, Healthcare, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

With Kathleen Sebelius's nomination beginning this week, the topic of health reform is about to heat up even more. Here's a handy guide to the action.

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