A Public Option Primer
As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prepares to bring a health care bill before the full Senate, Democrats' efforts to reform health care could seemingly implode over the so-called "public option," the proposal that has... [read full story]
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On November 9, Maggie Mahar is doing a book salon at Firedoglake on her book Money-Driven Medicine . I think it probably contains many useful facts, and even decided to order it last week from Amazon. For example, it correctly...
CBO Confirms GOP Plan Will Lower Health Care Premiums, Lower Deficit Without Tax Hikes
Washington, Nov 4 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed in a letter tonight that the Republican health care plan will lower health...
CBO Confirms GOP Plan Will Lower Health Care Premiums, Lower Deficit Without Tax Hikes
Washington, Nov 4 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed in a letter tonight that the Republican health care plan will lower health...
Public Option Skeptics Find Support in CBO Study (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Economists skeptical about a U.S. government-run health-insurance plan have new evidence to support their argument that it won’t force private insurers to cut premiums.
The Public Option Is Neither Public, Nor An Option
Let’s discuss. Five different organizations and offices have made predictions of how many Americans could end up enrolled in the public option, including: The Lewin Group, the Congressional Budget Office, the Centers for...
CBO: Few Americans Would Sign Up For Public Health Insurance Plan
The New York Times: "More and more, the Great Health Care Debate of 2009 is a numbers game. And the longer the debate goes on, the squishier the numbers seem to get. For months, many leading Democrats, including President...
Morning Bell: The Public Option Is Neither Public, Nor An Option
When Mike Myers’ Linda Richman character would get a “little faklempt” on the Saturday Night Live skit Coffee Talk, she would give the audience a topic to discuss while she composed herself, like: “The Holy Roman Empire was...
Public Option Skeptics Find Support in CBO Health-Care Study (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Economists skeptical about a U.S. government-run health-insurance plan received new evidence to support their argument that it won’t force private insurers to cut premiums.
Public Option Role In Health Care May Be Minor
Despite all the controversy, a new CBO estimate indicates that relatively few people would be helped by a public health insurance plan. Any "opt-out" provision means at least some states are likely to bar a government-backed...
Is the Public Option Fight Worth It? Yes.
An AP article greeted readers all across the country this weekend, causing no amount of consternation in the progressive community, and no doubt bringing glee to the Right and the insurance industry. The basic storyline AP is...
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