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Junkdrawer

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6. LOL. But seriously....

Reply to CleanLucre (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 06:07 PM

Jun 2012

I'm guessing the Obama pragmatists will insist nothing be said until AFTER the election - old wounds and all.

But clearly, if we want to win this, I think we need to educate the public on what the Public Option is BEFORE they start looking at their choices in the exchange - make people aware that the Right has removed the affordable choice.

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When do we start fighting for The Public Option? [View all] Junkdrawer Jun 2012 OP

Public option and price controls. GreenPartyVoter Jun 2012 #1

Health care should be nonprofit. Skidmore Jul 2012 #18

It should be, but I don't think we will be seeing that for a while. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #20

Many major insurers are already non-profit. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #28

how about now? this is the first step. public option next. single payer last. it will all take time dionysus Jun 2012 #2

Could we do the Public Option state-by-state WHILE we fight for a federal law? Junkdrawer Jun 2012 #4

i think that's how the public option or single payer will finally be achieved. in canada, dionysus Jun 2012 #5

It began as a PUBLIC program. Not a for-profit one. And the lag between the provincial program HiPointDem Jul 2012 #23

Actually, "now" is pretty late. TheWraith Jul 2012 #27

1992 CleanLucre Jun 2012 #3

LOL. But seriously.... Junkdrawer Jun 2012 #6

yes it is serious CleanLucre Jun 2012 #8

Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Bonobo Jun 2012 #7

That's the current situation - our job is to change it. Junkdrawer Jun 2012 #9

First people would need to believe that health care is a right. Bonobo Jun 2012 #10

But that was the whole point of a Public Option vs Universal Healthcare.... Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #12

Private health insurance lobbied heavily against such a scheme, for good reason. Selatius Jul 2012 #15

Not only that, but the Public Option paid hospitals less.... Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #22

Kick Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #11

Never. Line up the same amount of cash that was used to lobby against the Public Option. Selatius Jul 2012 #13

We are told over and over that the ACA is a stepping stone to Universal Healthcare.... Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #16

Junkdrawer, I couldn't possibly agree any more. That's the situation in a nutshell. nt Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #25

i think the next step- some states go for the Public Option. PBass Jul 2012 #14

Wow, after reading DU again (and this thread) I'm reminded that maybe the problem with the PBass Jul 2012 #17

Some of us never stopped doing so. Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #19

The real answer is probably after we "fix" NAFTA. TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #21

I think the first step is to actually get ACA in its current form up & running OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #24

I would hope that a class action lawsuit can be done stating that Cleita Jul 2012 #26