Q: Was the Medicare early buy-in plan a trade for the public option

[rvablue]

or is there still a decent chance there will be a PO in HCR?

My question would imply that HCR isn't a priority for me....au contraire. But I do have to admit that I've been away from the boards and not paying close attention over the past several weeks.

So, help me out. Was this medicare buy in thing a substitute of trade for the PO? I'm not totally getting it.

[DrDan]

1. no - you got it

[uponit7771]

2. Yes, the PO will be in the FINAL bill, people are hyperventilating because civics is not taught in..

...classrooms any longer thanx to republicans hatred of America's government.

The final bill out of committee will have the public option and Lieberman will sit looking stupid as he's stripped of his chairmanship

[beaglelover]

4. I highly doubt a PO will be in the final bill. We'll see. n/t

[uponit7771]

7. The house has to be ratify in joint, there's NO FREAKIN way it's coming out of the house without a..

...PO or medicare buy in.

Either way, it's not over till it over...don't mind losing some battles of the war is mine...

[rvablue]

9. My question wasn't in regard to your opinon. I was asking about the facts. n/t

[Armstead]

5. I hope your Pollyanna optimism is correct....But I'm not holding my breath

[uponit7771]

8. I took civics class, you can call it what you want but joint comittee HAS to be initiated if this

...pass's without PubOption.

Lincoln, Lieberman, Nelson et al do NOT WANT ANY health care reform.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

11. LOL

PO will most assuredly not be in the final bill, with possible and distant exception of some trigger thing Snowe signs onto.

[Clio the Leo]

12. And that's what my money is on....

... if a PO is in the final bill, it will be via a trigger. (With Lieberman someone how changing his mind and supporting it.)

ETA: Wait.... if they have Snowe they dont need Lieberman. I forgot about that.

We shall see.

[DJ13]

3. I think it was a diversion to push the PO off the radar so it could be killed

[Blasphemer]

10. Seems so... nt

[Clio the Leo]

13. Word on the street was that Lieberman's change of heart...

..... took them all by surprise. I think one of the reasons why they went with the buy in was because they thought he'd support it. And he indicated as such (that he might) last week.

[DJ13]

14. Thats very likely

His excuses about not supporting a Medicare buy in this morning was all over the map.

[Cleita]

6. Yes. I believe it was Rockefeller who brought it up

when the public option was removed. It was felt at least the 55 to 65 crowd could get some health care because they are in a demographic that insurers don't want to cover, but I guess even this it was still too much for President Liarman. He apparently wants no public health care at all to be offered.