…absurdity of this line of argument. America has some of the finest public universities in the world—this isn’t socialism or radical. And, modern-day Americans rely on the “public option” of…
Time to play the single-payer card
…the whole thing through Congress intact, including the public option. This is a strategy for failure. The public option will be the part that gets compromised out. Many prominent progressives…
Public option leads nosedive on reform
Bait and switch: How the "public option" was sold
…public option, although they continue to chisel away at what vestiges remain. Although an effective public option is a dead issue, the opponents of social insurance are not finished. They…
Medicare-for-All versus public plan buy-in proposals
Medicare-for-All and Public Plan Buy-In Proposals: Overview and Key Issues
…health insurance program for all U.S. residents, replacing virtually all other sources of public and private insurance (Medicare-for-All), to more incremental approaches that would create a new public plan option,…
Grayson’s “Public Option Act” or “Medicare You Can Buy Into Act”
…legislation should include the option of purchasing a government-sponsored plan through the proposed insurance exchanges – the so-called “public option.” Since Congressman Alan Grayson introduced the “Public Option Act” or…
Grayson’s “Public Option Act” or “Medicare You Can Buy Into Act”
…of purchasing a government-sponsored plan through the proposed insurance exchanges – the so-called “public option.” Since Congressman Alan Grayson introduced the “Public Option Act” or “Medicare You Can Buy Into…
Grayson's "Public Option Act" or "Medicare You Can Buy Into Act"
…of purchasing a government-sponsored plan through the proposed insurance exchanges – the so-called “public option.” Since Congressman Alan Grayson introduced the “Public Option Act” or “Medicare You Can Buy Into…
Two-thirds of Americans support Medicare-for-all (#1 of 6)
…“public option”: The question most frequently asked by progressive activists at last week’s America’s Future Now conference was this: We hear Obama and congressional Democrats talking about a public health…
Dr. Martin Donohoeās New Book Cites Major Advances in Public Health
His website, Phsj.org, has gotten 575,000 hits since its inception in 2007, and focuses on public health and social justice issues
By Raymond Rendleman The Lund Report (Portland, Ore.), Nov. 23, 2012 When you Google “public health and social justice,” the first thing that comes up is Portland Dr. Martin Donohoe’s…
"Probably not a panacea"? Not even an placebo!
…were consistent with the content of the paper, Holahan and Blumberg would have said of the public plan option: “not even a placebo!” They begin by citing sound research for…
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…
CBO report on the public option
Preliminary Analysis of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
…the ingots. (NB: Do not assume that this message is a plea for a “robust” public option. Adding a robust option to our dysfunctional, fragmented system of health care financing…
