Harry Reid, and What Happened to the Public Option

Robert Reich's Blog by Robert Reich | Nov. 19, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) Our private, for-profit health insurance system, designed to fatten the profits of private health insurers and Big Pharma, is about to be turned over to ... our private, for-profit health care system. Except that now private health insurers and Big Pharma will be getting some 30 million additional customers, paid for by the rest of us. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Patricia Blochowiak - Nov 19, 2009 - 12:34 PM PST
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Nov. 21, 2009

This opinion piece explains the view from the left on the current state of the health insurance reform bill in a cogent and meaningful manner.

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