Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review: The Neutered Public Option—Where’s the Rage?

by Bob Laszewski

The public option contained in the House Democratic health care bill is hardly more than a neutered version of the “robust” public option one House Democrat after another said was a minimum requirement to keep their vote on health care reform. After threatening for months to fall on their swords if they didn’t get the “robust Medicare-like” version, there was nothing but enthusiastic support for the neutered version from almost all Democrats when the bill was unveiled last week.

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