Why the Public Option's Still Alive »
Posted By Progressive 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Health & FitnessReports of the public option’s demise look to have been exaggerated. Nate Silver breaks down what revived it at FiveThirtyEight.com:
The CBO thinks it will save money.
The opt-in/opt-out compromises, which liberals prefer to triggers or co-ops.
Various polls showing its popularity, particularly in swing states and districts.
The insurance industry’s misleading study—did they think it was still 1993?
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Progressive1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Fifty-seven percent of Americans now favor a public insurance option, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, up from 52% in mid-August.
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Progressive1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Here's how it works:
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moxxxxxxxxxx1 month, 4 weeks ago
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The uncertainity of what the insurance corps will do is equal to the uncertainity of what the government will do. Pick your battles. The people have no control over private insurance corps- they do have a say in how government works.
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I'll continue battling the insurance companies--because I do have a say in how the government works, but I have no control over the private insurance cartel. I am certain the will of the people will determine what the government does--but only if we stop allowing it to bend to the will of corporations.
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