...contrary to Obama's occasional public statements in support of a public option, the White' [...]
Examiner.com1
Senate Democrats have ceded two key components of President Obama’s health care reform proposals: The proposed Medicare buy-in for those ages 55-64 and a public option.
Democrats had wanted to see Medicare expanded so that people aged 55 and over can buy in to the government-run plan, which currently covers senior [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Multiple news sources report that the White House is urging senators to cave to Sen. Joe Lieberman! First, Lieberman announced that he would help Republicans block a vote on any health care reform bill that includes a public option. Now, he wants to get [...] The Senate health care bill has come back from the Medicare Actuary at CMS, and, drum roll please….
Overall, according to the estimate, we’ll be spending more on health care come 2019 than we would if we did nothing.
So let’s be honest here. This is not health care reform. This [...]
How could they?
Senate Democrats have just announced a tentative health care deal that doesn't appear to include a real public health insurance option.1 Instead of pulling out all the stops, they've bargained away the heart of health care reform—allowing conservative senators like Joe Lieberman [...]
The health care debate has so many moving parts that it's hard for anybody to keep them straight. So we decided to put together an overview of where we're at—both good and bad—and what we're all going to need to keep fighting for. Neither of [...]
Public Option Please Sen. Carper's Stupid Alternative Is Not A Public Option
Daily Kos: State of the Nation The Carper so-called triggered "alternative" to the public option is a joke that I'd laugh at if it wasn't so painful to do so. It's' [...]
The House health care bill that passed last month was an historic milestone. But, like all bills, it wasn't perfect. In particular, the bill contained an amendment offered by Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan which would deny millions of women access to abortion services, services they' [...]
The public option is once again under assault in the Senate.
The Republicans are attempting to use a procedural tactic known as a "filibuster" to indefinitely delay a substantive vote on the health care bill. A filibuster requires sixty votes to overcome, so by using this tactic [...]
By Justin Williams
With the Bush tax cuts set to expire at the end of 2010 and both health care reform bills calling for increased tax revenue, the Obama Administration and Congress are about to saddle the American people one of the largest tax increases [...]
The Senate is taking up health care reform tomorrow. But some conservative Democratic Senators are still trying to kill the public health insurance option. Instead of opposing it outright, they're pushing a sneaky proposal called a "trigger" that could delay it indefinitely—by forcing us to wait for' [...]
The Senate is introducing its health care reform bill today, and only four fricking Democratic Senators are standing in the way of passage. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana are the only four remaining [...]
