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ghemminger
08-16-2009, 01:18 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090816/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_care_overhaul
ItsTime
08-16-2009, 01:23 PM
What good do the dems see in a bill with no public option?
Original_Intent
08-16-2009, 01:36 PM
What good do the dems see in a bill with no public option?

Camel's nose in the tent.
Matt Collins
08-16-2009, 01:46 PM
Obama would rather lose reelection than not pass healthcare:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=205534
ShowMeLiberty
08-16-2009, 01:50 PM
Personally, I'm a whole lot more comfortable with a "reform" plan that replaces public option with private co-ops and that drops the so-called death panels completely.

I'm currently uninsured (though, thankfully, not uninsurable) but I'd rather have nothing than socialized healthcare.
Matt Collins
08-16-2009, 02:01 PM
Personally, I'm a whole lot more comfortable with a "reform" plan that replaces public option with private co-ops and that drops the so-called death panels completely.The only thing I'm comfortable with is sticking to the Constitution and getting the federal government completely out of the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and insurance industries.
ShowMeLiberty
08-16-2009, 02:04 PM
The only thing I'm comfortable with is sticking to the Constitution and getting the federal government completely out of the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and insurance industries.

Sure, but the gov't is already neck-deep into all those things and shows no indication of wanting to get out - quite the opposite.

Given that we are most likely going to have something forced upon us, I'm just saying I can deal with the co-op idea a whole lot better than I can deal with the other.
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08-16-2009, 02:29 PM
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08-16-2009, 02:33 PM
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heavenlyboy34
08-16-2009, 02:55 PM
What a kind gesture on behalf of our imperial lords!
rpfan2008
08-16-2009, 02:56 PM
^One step back, after you take two steps forward.
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08-16-2009, 03:54 PM
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Njon
08-16-2009, 04:12 PM
If it's true that they are backing off of this for now, fantastic. In fact, keep pressuring Congress until we're certain that this isn't going through.
paulitics
08-16-2009, 06:59 PM
White House still supports a public option.

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/08/16/gibbs-white-house-still-supports-public-option/