08-17-2009, 07:41 PM
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Re: Crisis as it looks to The Independent
Apparently he quasi-caved (in favor of coops) and un-caved (saying well, it's not off the table but it's not the sine qua non the Dem. "left" says it is.)
Something tells me he let the left of the Dems say the public option is the heart of the bill, and is reserving the right to default to "co-ops." I could see them writing co-ops in and public option out, to give the pubbies political cover, and then allowing co-ops to be national in size and administered (after an application process) by... presto! The department of HHS!
Watching this one unfold... you heard it here first!
Oh and by the way... what would be the problem with that? Isn't that exactly what a public option is?
Baddabing baddaboom, you're competing against non-profits. Suck it up. Nobody is obligated to protect the insurance companies' profits from competition from another model.
PFnV
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