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public option
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Report discusses how ‘public option’ may put pressure on commercial health plans
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office hasn’t received wide coverage, so far but may become an important resource…
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Lieberman: Joe’s looking out for folks at home
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has been a vocal burr in the saddle of the Democrat majority’s push for health care…
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We have public options now. Are they any good?
ProPublica’s Sabrina Shankman reviews America’s existing “public options” for health care, finding mixed results and limited utility. In addition to…
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Bloomberg explains all five House, Senate plans
Bloomberg’s Kristin Jensen and Nicole Gaouette have perused all five proposed health care reform plans, each originating from a different…
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Decoding Obama’s message; highlighting coverage
AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman writes at CJR.org that, in his speech last week, President Barack Obama didn’t put anything new…
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Perceptions affecting support of public option
In the Health Policy debate, the public option has emerged as the latest controversy and possible stumbling block. A Washington…
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Primer on reform draws from AHCJ presentation
Sarasota Health News reporter and editor David Gulliver released his own evaluation of health care reform, drawing on the Dartmouth…
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Reporting on the public option a topic of webcast
In a White House briefing on Tuesday, spokesman Robert Gibbs reiterated that that President Obama still prefers the public health…