Comments on: Health Care Reform: The Day After http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/10/27/health-care-reform-the-day-after/ Ground zero for all things political in Delaware Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:49:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Unstable Isotope http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/10/27/health-care-reform-the-day-after/#comment-156303 Unstable Isotope Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:51:14 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=30436#comment-156303 Perhaps we need to make the Wyden amendment our next issue. Everyone should call Carper and Kaufman and tell them to support the Wyden amendment. Perhaps we need to make the Wyden amendment our next issue. Everyone should call Carper and Kaufman and tell them to support the Wyden amendment.

]]> By: Dana Garrett http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/10/27/health-care-reform-the-day-after/#comment-156295 Dana Garrett Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:25:30 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=30436#comment-156295 It was reported on the Rachel Maddow show last night that the public option Reid is proffering will only apply to the uninsured and, as we all know, only to states that elect to have it offered to their citizens. I am a little afraid now that this version of the PO will be too severely hamstrung to create a sizable enough pool to be effectively competitive. Still, this will allow many Americans to have health insurance who otherwise won't have it. And (I hope) my fear might not materialize and the program will be successful--so successful that it becomes widely popular and the PO will, after a change in the law, be offered to everyone. It was reported on the Rachel Maddow show last night that the public option Reid is proffering will only apply to the uninsured and, as we all know, only to states that elect to have it offered to their citizens.

I am a little afraid now that this version of the PO will be too severely hamstrung to create a sizable enough pool to be effectively competitive.

Still, this will allow many Americans to have health insurance who otherwise won’t have it. And (I hope) my fear might not materialize and the program will be successful–so successful that it becomes widely popular and the PO will, after a change in the law, be offered to everyone.

]]> By: Unstable Isotope http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/10/27/health-care-reform-the-day-after/#comment-156280 Unstable Isotope Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:57:23 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=30436#comment-156280 Unfortunately I'm not sure how much of an effect progressives can have now. Keep up the pressure! However, I think the fate of the bill may be in the hands of Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu. Unfortunately I’m not sure how much of an effect progressives can have now. Keep up the pressure! However, I think the fate of the bill may be in the hands of Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/10/27/health-care-reform-the-day-after/#comment-156269 Rebecca Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:36:17 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=30436#comment-156269 You are so right U.I. The real objective for progressives was some version of Medicare for everyone, universal-single-payer. For a whole host of reasons, not the least being that this would destroy the health insurance industry, a major part of the U.S. economy, during horrible economic times. Once again, the Bush legacy gets in the way of progress in America. Anyway, we gave away that bargaining position and the public option IS the compromise. You are so right U.I. The real objective for progressives was some version of Medicare for everyone, universal-single-payer. For a whole host of reasons, not the least being that this would destroy the health insurance industry, a major part of the U.S. economy, during horrible economic times. Once again, the Bush legacy gets in the way of progress in America. Anyway, we gave away that bargaining position and the public option IS the compromise.

]]> By: PBaumbach http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/10/27/health-care-reform-the-day-after/#comment-156267 PBaumbach Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:31:51 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=30436#comment-156267 "The public option IS the compromise." AMEN “The public option IS the compromise.” AMEN

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