The Infinite Complexity of A Trigger For The Public Option

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Tuesday September 01, 2009 · 2:20 PM PDT

2009/09/01 · 14:20

The idea is that a public option would only be triggered at some point in the future by some failure in the private health insurance market. The trigger has little broad support but is still readily defended by Republican Olympia Snowe. It now appears that the only way health care reform will be passed under regular order is with almost all the Democrats, the two Republican senators from Maine, and at most one or two other Republicans. While I think the likelihood of the trigger option being included is small, the fact that it is supported by Olympia Snowe and Rahm Emanuel means it deserves closer scrutiny.

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Monday August 31, 2009 · 3:00 PM PDT

2009/08/31 · 15:00

There are many parts of health care reform that potentially violate the Byrd rule and potentially could be stripped out of health care reform if it passes using reconciliation. Yet it is important to remember just how much of health care reform could be easily passed using reconciliation. Many of the important provisions do directly relate to government revenue. Harry Reid recently said that reconciliation could accomplish 65 percent of what his party thinks is necessary.

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Sunday August 30, 2009 · 11:25 AM PDT

2009/08/30 · 11:25

The Washington Post has recently taken to publishing straight up lies. The article states:

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Saturday August 29, 2009 · 12:17 PM PDT

2009/08/29 · 12:17

Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid has just let his preference be known about the public option. He claims wants a public option that is not government-run like Medicare but instead, a "private entity that has direction from the federal government so people that don't fall within the parameters of being able to get insurance from their employers, they would have a place to go."

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What does Reid mean by a private "public option"?

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What does Reid mean by a private "public option"?

Something that will in fact be a lot like Medicare

5 votes

A new quasi-government company like the FED, FDIC, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

15 votes

Conrad's Co-ops

12 votes

No idea

33 votes

The Many Possible Public Options

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Friday August 28, 2009 · 8:51 AM PDT

2009/08/28 · 08:51

In the heated debate over the public option what is often overlooked is that there is not any one "public option." There are in fact several different public options being proposed. They run the gambit from the very robust to the weak and nearly useless. I'm going to try and explain the different configurations of the public option proposals and place them on a rough robust-to-weak continuum. The continuum does not just represent a left/right divide on the issue, but also a divide on their potential cost savings. The more robust public option the more money it will save the government and the consumer.

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What is the minimum "robustness" you would settle for?

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What is the minimum "robustness" you would settle for?

Medicare Buy In

21 votes

Medicare Rates Plus

3 votes

Medicare Rates Plus With Opt Out

5 votes

Level Playing Field

7 votes

National Semi-Independent Non-Profit

3 votes

Small Regional Co-ops

0 votes

No public option is needed

3 votes

Public Option: Reconciliation Protection, Part 1

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Wednesday August 26, 2009 · 3:09 PM PDT

2009/08/26 · 15:09

It is becoming more and more clear that efforts to find a bipartisan bill are falling apart. I think the only way that health care reform will be passed is using reconciliation. The strange rules of reconciliation mean that some parts of the bill could be stripped out by the Byrd Rule. The Byrd Rule basically says that anything in a reconciliation bill must cost or save money. This is part one of a series where I provide ideas on how to protect the many parts of reform from the Byrd Rule. Read More

Is Firedoglake Now The Largest Health Insurance PAC?

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Tuesday August 25, 2009 · 5:04 AM PDT

2009/08/25 · 05:04

I'm very impressed that Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake.com has had so much success raising money to thank House members for standing up for the public option. In the past week her "Stand Up For The Public Option" page on ActBlue.com has raised $397,684 for progressive Democratic House members.

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Monday August 24, 2009 · 3:18 PM PDT

2009/08/24 · 15:18

It appears that Baucus group still has a lot of very important issues the have not been agreed to. It also appears the co-ops idea may already be dead because of attacks from the left and right. Can Obama get away with supporting a bill with zero alternative to the current health insurance companies?

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