HR 4789 & The Public Option: The Way Forward by Alan Grayson

[kpete]

HR 4789 & The Public Option: The Way Forward
by Alan Grayson
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Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 12:05:33 PM PST

Health care reform – here's where we are. The House of Representatives is about to vote on a Senate bill without a public option. It looks like the reconciliation amendment will not have a public option. The House bill had a public option, but once the House passes the Senate bill, that's history.

Which is why I introduced H.R. 4789, the Public Option Act. This simple four-page bill lets any American buy into Medicare at cost. You want it, you pay for it, you're in. It adds nothing to the deficit; you pay what it costs.

Let's face it. Health insurance companies charge as much money as possible, and they provide as little care as possible. The difference is called profit. You can't blame them for it; that's what a corporation does. Birds got to fly, fish got to swim, health insurers got to rip you off. And if you get really expensive, they've got to pull the plug on you. So for those of us who would like to stay alive, we need a public option.

In many areas of the country, one or two insurers have over 80% of the market. They can charge anything they want. And when you get sick, they can flip the bird at you. So we need a public option.

more:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/12/845602/-HR-4789The-Public-Option:-The-Way-Forward

[DrDan]

1. how can this be portrayed as anything bad - you pay what it costs

but both sides will protect the obscene insurer profits at all cost

[midnight]

2. This is a good argument and a good layout to provide access for those

who want to use medicare. Do we know when there is going to be movement on this clear simple piece of legislation?

[BadgerKid]

3. Such a simple a solution

that escaped so many. Too few Medicare lobby $$$ ???

[HughMoran]

4. I like it

I'm so cynical now, I won't bother saying "I hope it passes".

[Lorien]

5. Kick. nt

[Swamp Rat]

6. EUREKA!!

:think:

[upi402]

7. k/r n/t