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Examining the Public Option in Health Care Reform | Online NewsHour | September 1, 2009 | PBS - 0 views

www.pbs.org/...health_09-01.html

health reform healthcare politics

shared by A D on 27 Dec 09 - Cached
  • It's a -- a plan that would be modeled after the Medicare program that Americans are familiar with
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      A D on 27 Dec 09
       
      Is not medicare full of problems?
  • available to those Americans who didn't have good coverage from their employer
    • A D
      A D on 27 Dec 09
       
      What is stopping employers from dumping private health?
  • there really isn't effective competition for private insurers.
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      A D on 28 Dec 09
       
      So how is this stimulating competion
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  • t estimated that the public health insurance plan could save on the order of $150 billion over 10 years, relative to not having that public health insurance plan in the mix.
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      A D on 28 Dec 09
       
      How did they come up with the numbers?
  • It will create competition for the private insurers.
  • big issue
  • his is a choice between public and private insurance
  • if we don't embrace the public plan in some form
  • skyrocketing costs making it impossible for us to fulfill the commitments that we have made in health reform.
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Some foes of health-care bill hope courts will stop legislation - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2010010200620.html

reform healthcare bills issues politics

shared by A D on 04 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Their primary target: the individual mandate, which requires people to get health insurance or pay a financial penalty of at least 2 percent of their income to the government
  • Although it would affect only those who do not get insurance from their employer, Medicare or Medicaid,
  • particularly young, healthy people who do not have coverage -- will reduce premiums across the board. By adding millions of new customers, the mandate is also designed to make reform more palatable for insurance companies, which will face new restrictions and requirements.
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  • Laws requiring drivers to carry auto insurance do the same thing, but people can choose not to own a car. The health insurance mandate includes no such alternative.
  • "If Congress can mandate this, they can mandate anything," they wrote. "Congress could require every American to buy a new Chevy Impala every year, or pay a 'tax' equivalent to its blue book value, because such purchases would stimulate commerce and repay government loans."
  • A D on 04 Jan 10
     
    "Their primary target: the individual mandate, which requires people to get health insurance or pay a financial penalty of at least 2 percent of their income to the government"
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A look at key points in the health care reform debate - The Denver Post - 0 views

www.denverpost.com/...ci_13033963

reform healthcare bills issues politics obama

shared by A D on 19 Dec 09 - Cached
  • which would define "essential benefits" and permissible co-payments.
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      A D on 19 Dec 09
       
      how is essential benefits defined and permissible
  • "option to retain current insurance coverag
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FOXNews.com - Health Care Countdown: Senate Bill Could Hit Middle Class Hard - 0 views

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healthcare health health reform politics

shared by A D on 04 Jan 10 - Cached
  • First, the tax will hit plans widely used by middle-class employees
  • "A lot of those folks that have Cadillac plans have Chevy wages
  • Second, some say the tax will make many of the high-value plans too expensive
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  • Third, as those union members and other workers lose their health benefits, which are not taxable, the Senate assumes the lost benefits will be replaced by wages, which are taxable. 
  • you actually see it in your pocket in terms of wages. Of course when you get things in your pocket in terms of wages, you pay taxes on them,
  • Senate is counting on raising $120 billion in new taxes over the next 10
  • far more comes from wages.
  • 95 percent of people with the so-called Cadillac plans make under $250,000
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Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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health universal healthcare politics reform

shared by A D on 20 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Some 16 million eligible people would remain uninsured under the Senate bill and 12 million under the House bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That's not counting illegal immigrants, who would not be eligible for government assistance under either bill.
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      A D on 20 Dec 09
       
      1. Loophole for illegal immigrants? 2.who are the others not covered 3. Why are they not covered
  • But it means workers and their families would be more than twice as likely to be uninsured as older people, virtually all of whom are now covered by Medicare.
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      A D on 20 Dec 09
       
      1. All types - blue to white? 2. Median Income or what ? 3. Why?
  • Unmarried children could stay on their parents' plan until age 27 in the House bill, 26 in the Senate plan. That change would start in 2010.
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  • The people who are going to do best are older people with a problematic medical history," said health policy expert Paul Ginsburg, of the Center for Studying Health System Change.
  • For years, the government has been paying the private plans more than it costs traditional Medicare to deliver similar services. The plans used the money to provide extra benefits — mainly lower copayments and deductibles.
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Public option may be dropped from final health care bill - CNN.com - 0 views

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healthcare health health reform politics issues cnn.com

shared by A D on 29 Dec 09 - Cached
  • We want a public option to do basically three things: create more choice for insurers, create more competition for insurance companies and to contain costs
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      A D on 29 Dec 09
       
      So if the option is dropped how will the bill achieve the 3 items indicated
  • A D on 29 Dec 09
     
    "We want a public option to do basically three things: create more choice for insurers, create more competition for insurance companies and to contain costs"
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