Comments on: Sebelius Open to Dropping Public Plan, “Theoretically” Supports Co-op http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/29/sebelius-open-to-dropping-public-plan-theoretically-supports-co-op/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:33:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Phoenix Woman http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/29/sebelius-open-to-dropping-public-plan-theoretically-supports-co-op/#comment-29753 Phoenix Woman Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:31:35 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/29/sibelius-open-to-dropping-public-plan-theoretically-supports-co-op/#comment-29753 <p>But <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_health_care_snowe" rel="nofollow">the public option makes Olympia Snowe cry!</a></p> But the public option makes Olympia Snowe cry!

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/29/sebelius-open-to-dropping-public-plan-theoretically-supports-co-op/#comment-29740 Teddy Partridge Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:08:45 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/29/sibelius-open-to-dropping-public-plan-theoretically-supports-co-op/#comment-29740 <p>Wow, what an incredible disappointment Sebelius has been. She should go back to Kansas and run for Senate.</p> Wow, what an incredible disappointment Sebelius has been. She should go back to Kansas and run for Senate.

]]> By: hary3hve http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/29/sebelius-open-to-dropping-public-plan-theoretically-supports-co-op/#comment-29734 hary3hve Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:42:27 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/29/sibelius-open-to-dropping-public-plan-theoretically-supports-co-op/#comment-29734 <p>When aprox 75% of Americans opposed the TARP bailout, Congress (gop & dem), President Bush, candidates Obama & McCain made sure it went through. So why does anyone think that with overwhelming public support for public option health care reform that the govt. will listen? When the fix is in the fix is in.</p> When aprox 75% of Americans opposed the TARP bailout, Congress (gop & dem), President Bush, candidates Obama & McCain made sure it went through. So why does anyone think that with overwhelming public support for public option health care reform that the govt. will listen? When the fix is in the fix is in.

]]> By: BargainCountertenor http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/29/sebelius-open-to-dropping-public-plan-theoretically-supports-co-op/#comment-29715 BargainCountertenor Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:23:25 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/29/sibelius-open-to-dropping-public-plan-theoretically-supports-co-op/#comment-29715 <p>Co-op my ass. Sebelius can drop the public option when she explains exactly how that’s different in a substantive way from what we have now.</p> <p>The answer, boys and girls, is that it’s <strong>not</strong> substantively different from what we have now. All it does is to modify existing law to allow group-insurance from coalitions that are forbidden to form groups right now.</p> <p>That is tinkering on the edges of our existing system. We need fundamental reform.</p> Co-op my ass. Sebelius can drop the public option when she explains exactly how that’s different in a substantive way from what we have now.

The answer, boys and girls, is that it’s not substantively different from what we have now. All it does is to modify existing law to allow group-insurance from coalitions that are forbidden to form groups right now.

That is tinkering on the edges of our existing system. We need fundamental reform.

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