Any chance the Kucinich Amendment allowing States to have a single payer plan.....

[yourout]

will make it into the Health Care Bill?

[grantcart]

1. we have to keep trying

[MarjorieG]

2. A very important option which would gain favor and credibility when used.

[Honeycombe8]

3. Why would a state need permission for that? MA has done it, sort of. So has Washington...

or Oregon...one of those northwestern states. At least I heard some politician on TV from the state of Washington (I think that was the state) talking about their system. But I THINK it wasn't single payer exactly. Maybe it was a co-op?

Anyway, why would the states need permission, I wonder? Unless it would need permission to deny its citizens the right to opt into the federal system, maybe? Confusing.

[ProSense]

5. Good question.n/t

[Goldom]

7. WA has a co-op.

And it's pretty lousy. Better than nothing, but...

[DrToast]

8. It's unclear if states need permission, but this would remove all doubt

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) set some standards for benefit programs and any state run plan would have to be compatible with it. It's more complicated than that, but it's basically about ERISA.

[ProSense]

4. Why wouldn't it: 13 Republicans voted for it in Committee. n/t

[Roland99]

6. I understand it's finally being scored by the CBO.

[DrToast]

9. Where did you hear that?