Key Feature Of Obama Health Plan May Be Out

Administration Hints That Public Option Isn’t Only Way to Go Full Story »

Posted by Manfred Ostrowski
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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Manfred Ostrowski - Aug 17, 2009 - 1:12 AM PDT
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Edited by: Manfred Ostrowski - Aug 17, 2009 - 1:12 AM PDT

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Manfred Ostrowski
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by Manfred Ostrowski - Aug. 17, 2009

This is an interesting and informative report on the current state of the planned health-care reform. It is said there may not be the votes in the U.S. senate for the public option (Conrad), but it seems liberals think the health-care bill would not be worth passing without this public option (Howard Dean).

I think a health-care initiative aimed at extending coverage to millions of uninsured Americans is justified and important. I would subscribe to the lines of president Obama: "What's truly scary - truly risky - is the prospect of doing nothing."

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kazuhiro shino
2.3
by kazuhiro shino - Aug. 17, 2009

Just pick up known matterials & no editorial assessment nor fair criticism. VERY WEAK & POOR ARTICLE

Just pick up known matterials & not reported & analyzed bizzare right wing madness. NHS is humanism issue America is welthiest nation but not prosperous for large proportion of nation because of ordinaly peoples' life to be secure or not up to their health situation even finacially comfortable people once who had extremely high cost decease who may will be bankrupted which never be acceptable & flawed

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Timothy Dolan
5.0
by Timothy Dolan - Aug. 18, 2009

It is a straight report from a variety of substantive sources all on the public record. It captures as a snapshot the current status of the health care debate and its dramatic dynamics. It included the points of view from key political players.

I'm an orthodox incrementalist is all things save circumcision. My modest proposal would be to expand Medicaid to all households up to 200 percent of poverty level. I'd also raise Medicare eligibility to 67 recognizing that elders are both healthier and working longer. This formula is simple, uses programs already in place. Won't saddle health care providers with new regulations and is the devil they already know. It is also less costly than reinventing a new system and ... More »

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