Sebelius: Public Option Is Still Very Much On The Table

[ProSense]

Run time: 01:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M5YS2P-MzY   Posted on YouTube: June 24, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 25, 2009 By DU Member: ProSense Views on DU: 615

 

[lindisfarne]

1. Well, this is an about face from what she was saying about a week-10 days ago. n/t

[ProSense]

2. I found her to be completely consistent

Kathleen Sebelius Comes Out Fighting For Public Option

Kathleen Sebelius nails the public option debate: 'Higher cost does not translate to higher quality'

[lindisfarne]

3. Not completely inconsistent but she was saying "Sebelius stressed that Obama is open to compromise o

open to compromise on the shape of the public plan, which doesn't have to be run by the government. She spoke positively of a compromise idea that envisions consumer-owned nonprofit cooperatives, like rural electricity or agriculture co-ops. They would get started with seed money from taxpayers but then compete without government control. The plan by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., may end up in a health overhaul bill to be unveiled by the Senate Finance Committee this week."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3925557

To me, that isn't a public option.

[niceypoo]

4. Yes, well.....

..but what table is that? The embalming table?

[tomm2thumbs]

5. heh heh heh - nice

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[MindMatter]

6. It is much worse than monopoly. It is genocide

Let's get real here. It is not just about money. We are KILLING hundreds of thousands of people every year unnecessarily by throwing them out of their plans and making it impossible to get any new coverage. There is no other advanced country that does this. It is genocide, plain and simple. Call it "white collar genocide" if you like, but we are killing far more people with this system than are dying in Darfur every year.

[knixphan]

7. THANK. YOU.

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