…Americans would be insured by the optional public plan, a wildly inflated number that would give the public plan bargaining power to reduce costs that it is unlikely to have….
What Do MoveOn Members Think About Health Care? Who Knows? A Reply to MoveOn’s Eli Pariser
…Americans would be insured by the optional public plan, a wildly inflated number that would give the public plan bargaining power to reduce costs that it is unlikely to have….
It's back – H.R. 5808 – the public option
…who would no longer have employer-sponsored coverage. Enacting the public option will produce no net gain in the numbers of individuals insured. CBO estimates that premiums for the public option…
It’s back – H.R. 5808 – the public option
…closer at this option, we can see that the great tragedy of the public option debate was that this almost worthless proposal diverted our attention away from the debate that…
It’s back – H.R. 5808 – the public option
…who would no longer have employer-sponsored coverage. Enacting the public option will produce no net gain in the numbers of individuals insured. CBO estimates that premiums for the public option…
Hillary’s Public Option Proposal: Could It Work?
…put together in 2008 and 2009, the public option was conceived as a way to inject more competition into the health insurance industry. As a not-for-profit option on the exchanges,…
Democrats’ hype about health care reform will hurt them
…is impossible to know what Obama and the vast majority of “public option” advocates think about these issues because there is no “public option” proposal or bill to discuss. There…
Robert Reich supports Medicare for all, but…
…that would alter the concerns about the public option expressed by David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler and others of us at PNHP. At the time the public option was being…
Media's "false equivalency" and single payer
False-Equivalence Watch: The Platonic-Ideal Form
…the switch to individual mandate was announced, by far the most heated criticism came from the left, on grounds that Obama had sold out supporters of the public option. Meanwhile,…
Media's "false equivalency" and single payer
…does single payer fit in this? For the past few years, single payer was largely considered irrelevant and not included in most discussions. Earlier, the “public option” – a public…
Media’s “false equivalency” and single payer
…the “public option” – a public insurance program to be offered as an option in the insurance exchanges – was considered to represent the position of the left. Some of…
It's back – H.R. 5808 – the public option
H.R. 5808 - To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option.
…created so much controversy during the reform process. As we look closer at this option, we can see that the great tragedy of the public option debate was that this…
