…“progressive” democrats who violated public promises to constituents by voting for a bill without a public option and are now in need of appealing to their base. Democrats have shown…
Obamaās Reprehensible Rhetoric Against Single-Payer
…the “neither, nor” construction to try to strengthen his weak and illogical opposition to single-payer and even to a robust public option like Medicare for all who want it—and 65…
'The health bills in Congress are not real reform'
…of public subsidy. And the pharmaceutical industry, similarly, would be getting more money – again, much of it from the public treasury. So those industries would be financially stronger. PNHP:…
Dr. Scheiner: On life, health care reform and his former patient Obama
…government has a moral and social obligation to provide health care to the public, just as it provides libraries and sanitation. But he takes the stance that the public option,…
250,000 FEHBP-eligible federal employees uninsured
How health care bills compare to lawmakers' plan
…This model allegedly would satisfy the moderates opposed to the public option because it would be limited to private, non-profit insurers, and allegedly would satisfy the progressives because they could…
Reproductive choice and a common lifeboat
…middle-class people are far better protected than ghettoized programs like Medicaid or the puny public option in the bills before Congress. The reason some private policies cover abortion is that…
Advocates Call on Governor Paterson to Highlight Savings from Single Payer Health Care for All — Projected to Save $20 Billion annually by 2019
Groups Want State Lawmakers to Hold Hearings on Long-Delayed Universal Health Care Study
…$28 billion less annually than the public-private hybrid (e.g., expand public programs like Medicaid, a small public option, and a mandate to obtain insurance). The hybrid model had been a…
Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing?
…an “option” at all, but a program projected to cover only 6 million uninsured Americans). So instead of the public option providing competition for the insurance industry, as originally envisioned,…
Napalm, Big Health Insurance, and Divestment
…2009 with polls showing backing for the public option consistently over 60 percent through September. Now the consensus post-passage seems to be that the reform bill is unpopular. An April…
Life, Liberty, Health Care
…to universalize the American health care system. One, H.R. 3200, proposes a public health insurance plan or “public option,” while the other, H.R. 676, would create a single-payer system that…
An ex-insider speaks out
Former Cigna spokesman says reform opponents use PR tricks
…have dreamed of.” The mention of Baucus quickly drew boos from the audience. The Baucus bill has no provision for a public-option insurance plan that the government would offer to…
Testimony of David U. Himmelstein, M.D. before the HELP Subcommittee
…“public plan option” might realize some savings on insurance overhead. However, as long as multiple private plans coexist with the public plan, hospitals and doctors would have to maintain their…
