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What is the public option?

August 20, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 30 Comments

There seems to be some confusion here, even among well-informed readers, as to what the public option is and is not. And given that this particular bit of policy has become ALL THAT MATTERS -- pro- and contra -- to many folks about the … [Read more...]

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How to support the public option

August 18, 2009 By David 23 Comments

It's like everything else.  Show them the money.  The good folks at FireDogLake have taken the trouble of setting up an ActBlue page listing every member of Congress who has promised not to support a health care bill that lacks a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, public-option

(Re)Calling Out Tsongas & Kerry On The Public Option (NOW w/Poll)

June 29, 2009 By Jack Mitchell 23 Comments

At the beginning of June, I sent this short note to my US Congressional delegation which consists of Senators Kennedy and Kerry, plus Congresswoman Tsongas. I have been working since I was 14. Now, for the first time at the age of 43, I am … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: kennedy, kerry, public-option, tsongas

Calling Out Tsongas & Kerry On The Public Option

June 25, 2009 By Jack Mitchell 15 Comments

Each response has the standard, we understand the scope of the problem (cite statistics) and this is what we have accomplished (cite legislation). What neither have is a bold statement that the PUBLIC OPTION is vital to reform.:v( Kerry's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: kennedy, kerry, public-option, tsongas

Public Option Under Media Assault:Meet the Press allows falsehoods to go unchallenged

June 21, 2009 By dan64r 6 Comments

Today June 21, 2009 Meet The Press had Nina Easton the Washington Bureau Chief for Fortune magazine on as guest.They were discussing President Obama's health care reform agenda when she said the following MS. EASTON: ...on every front with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, health-care-reform, meet-the-press, mtp, public-option, public-plan

Why A Public Option Is Not An Option

June 21, 2009 By joeltpatterson 16 Comments

The public option is not an option... it is a necessity. The LA Times reports that insurance executives want to keep their right to drop sick people off the plan for stupid reasons.  The industry calls this "rescission," and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, healthcare, public-option, reform

Lehigh boots it again, this time on health care

June 17, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 17 Comments

How do you solve a problem like Scot Lehigh? How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?Yes, the CBO costed out a not-finished, in-progress, incomplete version of a Senate health care bill, and found it wanting. That's to be patched up, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, lehigh, public-option

Single Payer Amendment

June 3, 2009 By pmoore 5 Comments

Would one of you guys organizing for the single-payer amendment to the platform please explain why it seems so important to insert the single-payer language, rather than supporting Obama's public option, which would actually get us far down … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, public-option, single-payer

Health insurers: It’s not fair — we can’t compete!

March 25, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 40 Comments

Isn't the health insurance industry basically making our own case for us when they say stuff like this?“There’s no way to run a side-by-side competition within the current structure,” said Karen Ignagni, the chief … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ahip, health-care, health-insurance, public-option

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Conservative John Bolton failed us during Trump's impeachment but he's not holding back now. This conservative shows he still cares about national security unlike Trump's cult who are defending national security risks Trump caused w/his handling of documents #mapoli #nhpolitics

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When John Bolton says on Newsmax that we are safer under Biden then we would have been under Trump, the host loses his mind and they have an epic battle. I know people hate Bolton, but this is fantastic - he debunks every fake narrative they created about his foreign policy.

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Extreme drought/no end in sight for eastern MA. Many communities use well water drawing from the same aquifer. There are no laws/regulations to impose restrictions on well water use. People still water lawns while mature trees die, and rivers dry up. #mapoli #Drought2022 1/

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According to @JimLyonsMA today: “Hunter Biden just left for a vacation with "the big guy" as an ever-expanding mountain of evidence continues to point to that family's illegal influence-peddling schemes.” Hard to imagine why @massgop is such a train wreck. 😂😂😂 #mapoli

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