New Hampshire Needs a Public Option
Like many of you, I was thrilled this week as Senator Bennet’s letter demanding a public option gained steam in the Senate. This letter says what we all know to be true: A public option is critical to...
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With each one, my anxiety rises as fast as my excitement: Another prominent member of Senate Democratic leadership has now endorsed an idea to pass a public option for insurance coverage using...
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One more added to the group of Senators – including our own Jeanne Shaheen – who are calling for a public option to be brought to bear through majority vote.
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The Hill: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) on Monday signed a letter urging Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to pass a public health insurance option using the budget reconciliation process.
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Daniel Inouye joins Jeanne Shaheen and the ever-growing group of Senators urging for passing of a public option through a simple majority vote. And it looks like Carper and Levin may be on board too....
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They are not technically signatories to the PCCC letter, but you know what? I’m glad about that. This isn’t about some letter from an advocacy group. This is about Democratic senators who support...
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Congrats to Senators Ron Wyden, Mark Udall, and Bob Casey, who finally joined Jeanne Shaheen and what is now a meaningfully significant majority of Democratic senate colleagues who want the public...
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Senator Ted Kaufman (D-DE): I’m for a public option, if there’s some way that it can get done,” he said. “If it qualified under reconciliation, then I would,” he said, when asked if he’d vote for it on...
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Congrats to Maria Cantwell, Senator from Washington, and the latest to join the supermajority of Dem senators who support passing a public option by majority rule vote. There is really no reason not to...
View ArticleMulling about Medicare
Over on Paul Krugman’s blog at NYT (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/) there are a number of threads discussing Medicare, cost shifting (not), and Lieberman’s misguided proposal to RAISE the age of...
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