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Who would pay the financial price of letting red states opt out of a money saving public option?
A look at what states are likely to opt out of a public option depending on how it is structured.
How exactly is this opt-out gaining steam if no conservative Democrat has yet to endorse it?
Bingaman admits "letting" states set up their own public options is not a compromise because they can technically already do that.
Opt-out = "state’s rights" = too bad for black people.
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For the “Who Cares?” department:
“Though looking forward to millions of new customers who would be compelled by the U.S. government to buy health insurance, the insurance industry is threatening to raise premiums across the board if more of its demands are not met.”
Of course, certain congresscritters surely do care, given all the millions that have been stuffed into their wallets. Wish they cared as much about us as they do dirty dollars.
Let us hope this proves to be very interesting:
Henry Waxman’s Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will be calling on health insurance company executives to appear in regards to their business practices.
For further discussion of how far some progressives are willing to bend over in support of the proposal for states to opt out of the public option see the Huffington Post: “AMERICA-STAN: The Progressive Movement Neuters Itself by Supporting ‘States Rights” to Opt out of the Public Option”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..16030.html
The article also discusses how the Public Option has been turned into the “Public Option in Name Only.