http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/10/why-are-we-debating-the-public-option-when-we-voted-for-single-payer.html Continuing conversations in the park begun in the autumn of 1969 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/10/why-are-we-debating-the-public-option-when-we-voted-for-single-payer.html/comment-page-1#comment-1251 Donald R. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:33:51 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=3448#comment-1251 I am afraid that there isn't going to be any genuine reform at all. This is all being turned into a giant giveaway to the health insurance companies. They will have millions of new customers for policies with enormous deductibles and limited benefits. That's about it. I am afraid that there isn’t going to be any genuine reform at all. This is all being turned into a giant giveaway to the health insurance companies. They will have millions of new customers for policies with enormous deductibles and limited benefits. That’s about it.

]]> http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/10/why-are-we-debating-the-public-option-when-we-voted-for-single-payer.html/comment-page-1#comment-1247 Jill Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:25:59 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=3448#comment-1247 At the first sign that it would be a fight to pass a single payer national health care bill the Democrats fell back on the idea of public option. The public option will not get the job done. It will not guarantee coverage for every person in America and nothing less than that will truly solve our problem. At the first sign that it would be a fight to pass a single payer national health care bill the Democrats fell back on the idea of public option. The public option will not get the job done. It will not guarantee coverage for every person in America and nothing less than that will truly solve our problem.

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