The health insurers stumble into an argument for a public option.

Slate by Timothy Noah | Oct. 14, 2009 (News Analysis)

Health reform cleared the Senate finance committee, 14-9, without a public option. Now the trick is figuring out how to put it back in. One powerful argument for doing so comes from an unlikely source: the private health-insurance lobby. Full Story »

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Sirajul Islam
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 by Sirajul Islam - Oct. 14, 2009

The Senate Finance bill is a dream comes true of the health insurance industry. If there is no ‘public option,’ then nothing is going to change. The choice of a public health insurance option is the only way to keep insurance companies honest. Or, certainly the premiums go up as cited by the report. I like this report.

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