…plan and argues there is a way to design a public option that does not shut out the private insurers. “It’s all about threading the needle of making a public…
Let’s Not Mourn the Death of the Public Option
…insurers can cherry-pick healthier Americans through seemingly more favorable plans (while they are healthy), then the public option could become overly burdened and unsustainable. In addition, a public option would…
Single-payers crashing the gates
…purchasing power, would collapse amidst a fiery congressional storm over the cost of the public option, thus legitimizing arguments that publicly funded health care is a failed idea. Which begs…
Sen. Schumer kills reform
Schumer Offers Middle Ground on Health Care
…in Congress hope to shift the debate from the question of whether to create a public health insurance plan to the question of how it would work. “The public plan,”…
Sen. Schumer kills reform
…manage a public plan should be different from those who regulate the insurance market. In addition, Mr. Schumer said, the public plan should be required to establish a reserve fund,…
Healthcare Summit Ends in Deadlock; Single-Payer Advocates Excluded
…public option. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI: Mr. President, I hearken back to that meeting a year ago. At that time, Senator Grassley said to—questioned you about the public option,…
PNHP Newsletter: Summer 2021
…Public Radio, May 12, 2021 [Dr. Micah Johnson] back to table of contents Opinion: Op-eds and Guest Columns National Outlets: “What is the “Public Option?” Can it compete with private…
The Public Option Con
Selling Out Single-Payer
…breathing. HCAN and liberal Democrats have to engage in this “magical thinking” in order to convince a skeptical public that a public option embedded in a for-profit system can work….
Labor Bargains for Too Little on Health Care, Gets Even Less
…the other hand, said the public option was not a deal-breaker.) But the wrangling wore on and the House version of a public option was whittled down to 6 million…
Emergency department closures can be lethal
…hospital, including the emergency department. It is now surrounded by a chain-link fence. According to Google, the additional time required to travel to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo is 13…
Should a single payer system include complementary and alternative therapies?
…on a plaque is his motto: “The world is made up of two kinds of people – dem that takes and dem that gets took.” http://books.google.com/books?id=Pk8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA125&dq=Harry+Hoxsey&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Harry%20Hoxsey&f=false Complementary and alternative medicine…
Contacting the Media
…information for your local media. Most of the time, a Google search will find you the best way to contact the outlet in question. For newspapers, Google the name of…
