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grahamhgreen

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26. Wha I see there is that everyone would have signed up for the cheaper, better

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #23)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 12:34 PM

Nov 2013

public option, and big insurance would be scrambling to bring a product to market that people actually want.

In fact, the R's often stated big insurance could not compete with the public option, so we might simply be seeing them collapse and good riddance.

But the real issue now is that by pushing a public option, it puts Obama on the attack and the R's on the defensive.

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What Obama Needs to Say: "This is Exactly Why We Need a Public Option, or Medicare for All." nt [View all] grahamhgreen Nov 2013 OP

Yep. Cleita Nov 2013 #1

Ya know, it's just so freaking sad. This is a perfect wedge for real HCR. grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #5

Yeah, except he doesn't believe in either. PeteSelman Nov 2013 #2

and of course then I am sure the whole congress will rally around him and immediately pass it lostincalifornia Nov 2013 #3

For God's sake - you DLC types need to understand us progressives have the grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #4

"You dlc types". Who the hell are you referring to? lostincalifornia Nov 2013 #10

In my view, you simply couldn't be more wrong. Not advocating for it in the first place is exactly grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #12

But he didn't even advocate for it in the first place. HuckleB Nov 2013 #6

If that ends up happening, we'll never hear the end of the eleventybillionth dimensional chess crap. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #7

HAHA! I'd give it too them!!! grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #8

And eliminate any possibility of a $500,000 to $1,000,000 speaking gig at an insurance convention DJ13 Nov 2013 #9

I doubt very much that Obama will be offered many speaking engagements. PragmaticLiberal Nov 2013 #17

Medicare part E, the E standing for everyone. muntrv Nov 2013 #11

Yes! phiddle Nov 2013 #13

uh, you can only bargain down to what your own party will vote for. dionysus Nov 2013 #14

Straw man--the issue should have been Medicare buy-in, rather than subsidizing the private market. phiddle Nov 2013 #16

Wrong. Joe Lieberman was the one who stood between the public pnwmom Nov 2013 #21

There was, of course, something we could have offered Lieberman or one grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #24

No. That is what every damned Democrat in the United States has to say. ALL of us DevonRex Nov 2013 #15

This is an amazing leap. gulliver Nov 2013 #18

Quite the contrary. Intstead of him admitting mistakes, he should be grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #19

Why? A public option would not have fixed the website. pnwmom Nov 2013 #20

In my view, the website issue really involves the interface between the private insurers and the gov grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #22

It still wouldn't have changed anything because the private insurers pnwmom Nov 2013 #23

Wha I see there is that everyone would have signed up for the cheaper, better grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #26

Then he needs to say "we're also going to hold a few torture camp trials" Corruption Inc Nov 2013 #25