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Posted By Progressive 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Health & FitnessHealth care's public-option “trigger” is great news for liberals and conservatives alike because it gives both groups exactly what they want...the fact that Americans pay directly for only a small portion of their own health spending (and thus have little incentive to be smart shoppers), helps explain why costs are out of control. Everyone agrees that U.S. health care is radically inefficient. We spend 17 percent of our GDP while other wealthy nations spend 10 to 11 percent. Yet we have no better health outcomes to show for this excess expense, and shamefully leave 50 million people uninsured. We also have huge regional swings in the utilization of various procedures and services that bear no relation to outcomes.
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Progressive4 weeks, 1 day ago
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First, the government would define what affordable coverage means at differing levels of income. For example, families earning less than $25,000 might be expected to spend no more than 3 percent of their income on premiums for decent health coverage; those earning $50,000 no more than 5 percent; and so on. Each state or region would be required to offer several competing affordable options for citizens after the implementation of the new insurance exchanges. If a state or regional exchange failed to offer these affordable options, a new public program would be launched that meets these criteria. -
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Tumultuous4 weeks, 1 day ago
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Olympia Snowe has substantial clout with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He seems desperate to hold on to Snowe’s vote when the health care legislation comes up for enactment so he can claim the legislation to be "bipartisan."
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I don't believe the average American really cares whether health care legislation is considered "bipartisan" or not. Let's forget about Olympia Snowe.-
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wtagg4 weeks ago
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The great thing about bipartisanship is when the time comes to pass blame. You don't want to take the full weight, so if you can claim it was a bipartisan effort, that's a good thing politically.
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The decision to invade Iraq is a perfect example. The irony is that there will most likely be a bipartisan vote against such things, just like there was with Iraq, but that tends to be swept under the rug.
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