Jon Walker

To make the current health care reform proposals work there must be some form of an employer mandate to provide health insurance.

The CBO recently published a new letter on health care reform. They were asked to evaluate the impact of the weak (level playing field) public option in the Senate HELP committee's bill.

The problem with Conrad/Ross' state based co-ops idea is not just that co-ops have proven to be a mostly unsuccessful model for health insurance. The real problem is that they are purposely designed to fail.

The New York Times ran a story that outlines Baucus' health care proposal. According to the story:

Mr. Baucus’s plan, expected to cost $850 billion to $900 billion over 10 years, would tax insurance companies on their most expensive health care policies.

To all the incrementalists out there, I have one simple question for you: Do you want to go through this again?

If Democrats settle for a half loaf or a third of a loaf or whatever you call this lame plan to slash reform down to non universal coverage plan in hopes of winning one Republican vote, they are dooming themselves to fight this insane battle once again.

It appears that Obama is trying to convince Republican senator Olympia Snowe to support health care reform by offering to support a trigger for a public option instead of a public option available from day one. The trigger option is incredibly dangerous and should make progressives very nervous.

The Washington Post has recently taken to publishing straight up lies. The article states:

Obama would like, but doesn't need, Republican votes to achieve his goal.

To make the current health care reform proposals work there must be some form of an employer mandate to provide health insurance.

The CBO recently published a new letter on health care reform. They were asked to evaluate the impact of the weak (level playing field) public option in the Senate HELP committee's bill.

The problem with Conrad/Ross' state based co-ops idea is not just that co-ops have proven to be a mostly unsuccessful model for health insurance. The real problem is that they are purposely designed to fail.

The New York Times ran a story that outlines Baucus' health care proposal. According to the story:

Mr. Baucus’s plan, expected to cost $850 billion to $900 billion over 10 years, would tax insurance companies on their most expensive health care policies.

To all the incrementalists out there, I have one simple question for you: Do you want to go through this again?

If Democrats settle for a half loaf or a third of a loaf or whatever you call this lame plan to slash reform down to non universal coverage plan in hopes of winning one Republican vote, they are dooming themselves to fight this insane battle once again.

It appears that Obama is trying to convince Republican senator Olympia Snowe to support health care reform by offering to support a trigger for a public option instead of a public option available from day one. The trigger option is incredibly dangerous and should make progressives very nervous.

The Washington Post has recently taken to publishing straight up lies. The article states:

Obama would like, but doesn't need, Republican votes to achieve his goal.