Medicare for everyone is a public option

[HM2VikingRN]

The analysis finds the reconstituted House proposal to be deficit neutral, and require less than $900 billion (reportedly around $870 billion) in new spending, over ten years.

The bill remains nominally more expensive than the Senate Finance Committee proposal, but would cover 96 percent of all Americans, providing greater bang for each federal dollar spent. And, aides note, the bill that comes to the floor of the Senate will be a hybrid of the Finance and more expensive HELP Committee bills, so the price is expected to rise.

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And House health care principals have been working doggedly to keep the price of reform down with the help of the public option--so in a sense, the news of this final push comes as little surprise: Pelosi is, as expected, using the fiscal responsibility of the robust public option to win over enough skeptics in her caucus to pass it. And she is, reportedly, very close to doing that.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/pelosi-prepares-to-move-ahead-with-robust-public-option.php?ref=fpblg

[Onekidneynurse]

Blaming, "the government" for the attrocities at Fort Hood is a bit too much I think. It's a cheap way to make a weak point.

The Major was employed by this government. Who should know about his performance and ability to do his job?

I don't believe the 13 families suffering believe it's a cheap way. Not to count the 31 other families of the injured.

That is the contention in this debate. The government isn't qualified to run any program. Effectively.

The debate isn't reform. The debate is the best way to effect that reform.

[GCTMT]

The Major was employed by this government. Who should know about his performance and ability to do his job?

I don't believe the 13 families suffering believe it's a cheap way. Not to count the 31 other families of the injured.

That is the contention in this debate. The government isn't qualified to run any program. Effectively.

The debate isn't reform. The debate is the best way to effect that reform.

The very fact that you brought the Fort Hood travesty up in a debate about Medicare is really innapropriate, in my opinion.

Medicare has problems, and obviously the fact that we were defrauded out of 60 billion is something that needs to be fixed.

But, Medicare is very popular amongst seniors. They consistently show that they are happier with Medicare than their under 65 counterparts. It runs cheap too, at 3% overhead. No private insurance company can make that claim.

I, for one, would like to see it expanded to cover everyone.

[elkpark]

Medicare has problems, and obviously the fact that we were defrauded out of 60 billion is something that needs to be fixed.

But, Medicare is very popular amongst seniors. They consistently show that they are happier with Medicare than their under 65 counterparts. It runs cheap too, at 3% overhead. No private insurance company can make that claim.

I, for one, would like to see it expanded to cover everyone.

Me, too.

[azhiker96, BSN, RN]

The Major was employed by this government. Who should know about his performance and ability to do his job?

The Major's job had nothing to do with shooting US personnel. His job was counseling personnel and he'd been doing that job for some time. He got a poor performance review. That should have motivated him to improve his work performance or at least let him know that he was not meeting expected standards.

I'm glad he's alive and hope that the investigators will be able to piece together a clear picture of his motivation.

[tewdles, RN]

So another strawman? Now we will talk about Fort Hood?

[Onekidneynurse]

The Major's job had nothing to do with shooting US personnel. His job was counseling personnel and he'd been doing that job for some time. He got a poor performance review. That should have motivated him to improve his work performance or at least let him know that he was not meeting expected standards.

I'm glad he's alive and hope that the investigators will be able to piece together a clear picture of his motivation.

I'm glad he's alive. I'm into "loving my neighbor". The Major's job put him in contact with other soldiers. He wouldn't have been able to bring firearms onto that base as a civilian.

So when we get a poor performance review it's up to us to correct it. The employer has no interest in our improvement.

[Onekidneynurse]

So another strawman? Now we will talk about Fort Hood?

Only if you want to.

[herring_RN, ASN, BSN]

The Major was employed by this government. Who should know about his performance and ability to do his job?

I don't believe the 13 families suffering believe it's a cheap way. Not to count the 31 other families of the injured.

That is the contention in this debate. The government isn't qualified to run any program. Effectively.

The debate isn't reform. The debate is the best way to effect that reform.

So do you think the government should not run the military?

I think rather than disband the military or getting rid of Medicare WE THE PEOPLE through our government need to do all we can to prevent wrongdoing and arrest those who break the law.

[Onekidneynurse]

So do you think the government should not run the military?

I think rather than disband the military or getting rid of Medicare WE THE PEOPLE through our government need to do all we can to prevent wrongdoing and arrest those who break the law.

How long have we been trying to run a military. WE THE PEOPLE don't want big government or there would be a hue and cry for it. I don't hear it.

Tell me, who will be the 4% left by the way side? Who will determine who they will be?

[Onekidneynurse]

The very fact that you brought the Fort Hood travesty up in a debate about Medicare is really innapropriate, in my opinion.

Medicare has problems, and obviously the fact that we were defrauded out of 60 billion is something that needs to be fixed.

But, Medicare is very popular amongst seniors. They consistently show that they are happier with Medicare than their under 65 counterparts. It runs cheap too, at 3% overhead. No private insurance company can make that claim.

I, for one, would like to see it expanded to cover everyone.

Is that a hammer and sickle in your avatar?

[herring_RN, ASN, BSN]

How long have we been trying to run a military. WE THE PEOPLE don't want big government or there would be a hue and cry for it. I don't hear it.

Tell me, who will be the 4% left by the way side? Who will determine who they will be?

I don't understand this post.

Do you want us to have a military?

Social Security?

Medicare?

[elkpark]

Is that a hammer and sickle in your avatar?

What, reduced to red-baiting??