Is it time for public option? Senate Dems lead new push today

[Grizz]

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Top legislators and prominent progressives are throwing their weight behind the public option this morning, a joint effort intended to strengthen Hillary Clinton's call for a public option ahead of the upcoming debates and tee up the proposal as a legislative priority for 2017.


In the Senate: A new resolution filed by Sen. Jeff Merkley calls for every American to have the choice of a public health insurance option. The resolution has the backing of three members of leadership — Sens. Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer and Patty Murray — as well as other notable progressive figures, like Sen. Bernie Sanders.

"At a time when 29 million people are still uninsured, and 31 million are underinsured, we must continue to make needed health care reforms," Sanders said in a statement. "Insurance companies have shown they are more concerned with serving their shareholders than their customers."



Read more: http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-pulse/2016/09/is-it-time-for-public-option-senate-dems-lead-new-push-today-216336#ixzz4KMujduIx

Let the games begin.

 

[owebo]

They know Trump will win now......

 

[IsaacNewton]

Yes, it is time the US joined the rest of the free world in healthy populations.

 

[owebo]

Yes, it is time the US joined the rest of the free world in healthy populations.

I agree.....it's time to get leviathan out of healthcare......

 

[SuperDemocrat]

Yes, it is time the US joined the rest of the free world in healthy populations.

Go back to Europe where you came from you fucking piece of garbage.

 

[SuperDemocrat]

I still like Obamacare. Sorry we are keeping it.

 

[beagle9]

Just need to fix the thing, but not under Hillary. The people need to put huge pressure on government to address the health care debacle in this nation, and even a march on Washington if needed.

 

[IsaacNewton]

Yes, it is time the US joined the rest of the free world in healthy populations.

Go back to Europe where you came from you fucking piece of garbage.

You are an angry little turd aren't you. Angry because everyone else left you behind when they flushed?

 

[JakeStarkey]

ACA is easily improved, and maybe that will happen this next term.

It's not going away.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

"
Top legislators and prominent progressives are throwing their weight behind the public option this morning, a joint effort intended to strengthen Hillary Clinton's call for a public option ahead of the upcoming debates and tee up the proposal as a legislative priority for 2017.


In the Senate: A new resolution filed by Sen. Jeff Merkley calls for every American to have the choice of a public health insurance option. The resolution has the backing of three members of leadership — Sens. Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer and Patty Murray — as well as other notable progressive figures, like Sen. Bernie Sanders.

"At a time when 29 million people are still uninsured, and 31 million are underinsured, we must continue to make needed health care reforms," Sanders said in a statement. "Insurance companies have shown they are more concerned with serving their shareholders than their customers."



Read more: http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-pulse/2016/09/is-it-time-for-public-option-senate-dems-lead-new-push-today-216336#ixzz4KMujduIx

Let the games begin.

Obamacare was supposed to fix that.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

ACA is easily improved, and maybe that will happen this next term.

It's not going away.

Yes, it is time the US joined the rest of the free world in healthy populations.

We already have private insurance which is what most of the free world has.

That they relegate their poor to government care is deplorable.

 

[JakeStarkey]

ACA is easily improved, and maybe that will happen this next term.

It's not going away.

Yes, it is time the US joined the rest of the free world in healthy populations.

We already have private insurance which is what most of the free world has.

That they relegate their poor to government care is deplorable.

You, as usual, have no idea about what you are saying.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Did I say government care....

Let me rephrase.

Second rate care.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Did I say government care....

Let me rephrase.

Second rate care.

 

[owebo]

ACA is easily improved, and maybe that will happen this next term.

It's not going away.

Hopefully we will end it before it collapses....

 

[Mac1958]

Someone please explain to me how it is rational that we have seven (7) different health care delivery/payment systems, none of which communicate directly with the other.

Would ya like the list? Here ya go:

1. Individual health/ACA
2. Group Health
3. Worker's Compensation
4. Medicare
5. Medicaid
   
6. VA
7. Indigent

Go ahead. Explain how that is rational. Knock it out of the park.

Expand the current Medicare/Medicare Supplement/Medicare Advantage system to all. An already functioning public/private partnership that would provide critical preventive/diagnostic services, open up vast new markets for free market insurance, and take a MASSIVE cost monkey off the back of American businesses.

Go ahead. Tell me how having 7 different systems is rational.
.

 

[CowboyTed]

Someone please explain to me how it is rational that we have seven (7) different health care deliver/payment systems, none of which communicate directly with the other.

Would ya like the list? Here ya go:

1. Individual health/ACA
2. Group Health
3. Worker's Compensation
4. Medicare
5. Medicaid
   
6. VA
7. Indigent

Go ahead. Explain how that is rational. Knock it out of the park.

Expand the current Medicare/Medicare Supplement/Medicare Advantage system to all. An already functioning public/private partnership that would provide critical preventive/diagnostic services, open up vast new markets for free market insurance, and take a MASSIVE cost monkey off the back of American businesses.

Go ahead. Tell me how 7 different systems is rational.
.

Agreed...

Medicall is what it should be called...

Change the law on moving health records over state lines...

Health Insurance managed at Federal Level..

So you get basic insurance but you can buy more....

This is effectively the European Model which is cheaper...

 

[owebo]

Someone please explain to me how it is rational that we have seven (7) different health care deliver/payment systems, none of which communicate directly with the other.

Would ya like the list? Here ya go:

1. Individual health/ACA
2. Group Health
3. Worker's Compensation
4. Medicare
5. Medicaid
   
6. VA
7. Indigent

Go ahead. Explain how that is rational. Knock it out of the park.

Expand the current Medicare/Medicare Supplement/Medicare Advantage system to all. An already functioning public/private partnership that would provide critical preventive/diagnostic services, open up vast new markets for free market insurance, and take a MASSIVE cost monkey off the back of American businesses.

Go ahead. Tell me how 7 different systems is rational.
.

Agreed...

Medicall is what it should be called...

Change the law on moving health records over state lines...

Health Insurance managed at Federal Level..

So you get basic insurance but you can buy more....

This is effectively the European Model which is cheaper...

You mean like the VA? Yeah, that's really effective at killing people....oh wait, that's not your goal....

 

[CowboyTed]

Someone please explain to me how it is rational that we have seven (7) different health care deliver/payment systems, none of which communicate directly with the other.

Would ya like the list? Here ya go:

1. Individual health/ACA
2. Group Health
3. Worker's Compensation
4. Medicare
5. Medicaid
   
6. VA
7. Indigent

Go ahead. Explain how that is rational. Knock it out of the park.

Expand the current Medicare/Medicare Supplement/Medicare Advantage system to all. An already functioning public/private partnership that would provide critical preventive/diagnostic services, open up vast new markets for free market insurance, and take a MASSIVE cost monkey off the back of American businesses.

Go ahead. Tell me how 7 different systems is rational.
.

Agreed...

Medicall is what it should be called...

Change the law on moving health records over state lines...

Health Insurance managed at Federal Level..

So you get basic insurance but you can buy more....

This is effectively the European Model which is cheaper...

You mean like the VA? Yeah, that's really effective at killing people....oh wait, that's not your goal....

Actually not like the VA.. VA is all encompassing while this allows people to have a safety net for basic care..

The one they are proposing is basic with everyone to buy top up..


Veterans Health Administration Compared to Private Sector for Older Cancer Patients | HMS

 

[owebo]

Someone please explain to me how it is rational that we have seven (7) different health care deliver/payment systems, none of which communicate directly with the other.

Would ya like the list? Here ya go:

1. Individual health/ACA
2. Group Health
3. Worker's Compensation
4. Medicare
5. Medicaid
   
6. VA
7. Indigent

Go ahead. Explain how that is rational. Knock it out of the park.

Expand the current Medicare/Medicare Supplement/Medicare Advantage system to all. An already functioning public/private partnership that would provide critical preventive/diagnostic services, open up vast new markets for free market insurance, and take a MASSIVE cost monkey off the back of American businesses.

Go ahead. Tell me how 7 different systems is rational.
.

Agreed...

Medicall is what it should be called...

Change the law on moving health records over state lines...

Health Insurance managed at Federal Level..

So you get basic insurance but you can buy more....

This is effectively the European Model which is cheaper...

You mean like the VA? Yeah, that's really effective at killing people....oh wait, that's not your goal....

Actually not like the VA.. VA is all encompassing while this allows people to have a safety net for basic care..

The one they are proposing is basic with everyone to buy top up..


Veterans Health Administration Compared to Private Sector for Older Cancer Patients | HMS

So,,you're not talking about .gov single payer then?