…that a public option will never be approved. Hacker tells us why the public option is absolutely essential in the multi-payer model, but AHIP and the Republicans tell us that…
Conservativesā awful new Medicaid ploy: The Obamacare āprivate optionā
…privatization, co-pays, cutbacks in important benefits, and these silly “wellness” programs, the private option somehow manages to combine the worst aspects of “liberal” public health paternalism, neoliberal healthcare consumerism, and…
Fiscal Commission – "hastening the public option"
Final Report of National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
…option left will be a public option. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI): I think Sen. Durbin probably said it right. We are hastening the day when the only option is the…
Fiscal Commission – “hastening the public option”
…Durbin (D-IL): We are hastening the day when the only option left will be a public option. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI): I think Sen. Durbin probably said it right. We…
Fiscal Commission – “hastening the public option”
…the public option will be the only option. Why a public option? Apparently there is bipartisan agreement that a government insurance program would be more effective in slowing future health…
Oliver Fein, of Physicians for a National Health Program, at St. Kate’s: Give single-payer a chance
…entirely. Private insurance companies have denounced the public option, fearing that they could not compete with a lower-cost public option plan. Both Fein and Frost assert that single-payer has not…
Oliver Fein, of Physicians for a National Health Program, at St. Kate's: Give single-payer a chance
…entirely. Private insurance companies have denounced the public option, fearing that they could not compete with a lower-cost public option plan. Both Fein and Frost assert that single-payer has not…
After the Reform: Aiming High for Health Justice
…who are the majority, a campaign was developed around a promised “compromise,” the public option, and given tens of millions of dollars for organizing and advertising. The public option succeeded…
Obamacare: The Neoliberal Model Comes Home to Roost in the United StatesāIf We Let It
…in the public sector were cut back and, if possible, privatized. Overall government budgets for public-sector health care were reduced. Private corporations gained access to public trust funds. Public hospitals…
Single-payer health care, not public option, is the solution
…words, it was the old lie that the market will provide. The public option was a shadow puppet, a political posture. Its proponents talked about the need for a public…
Frontline Disguises Single-Payer Advocates as Public-Option Promoters
…refers to the public option– since no other option had been mentioned. That voice was actually MSNBC host Ed Schultz–a supporter of single-payer. His full quote (5/7/09) would have made that…
Health care: The uncivil rights movement
…that said the best way to have advanced a reasonable public option would have been to have the Democratic leadership come out strong for single-payer. Then the public option would…
