Just released: President's Plan requires public option

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http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hcsignon/?district=GA5&returnlink=false

Just released: President's Plan requires public option Hotlist
by tomjones

Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 06:23:27 PM PDT

In an Organizing for America e-mail, President Obama has released what he's calling "The President's Plan for Health Reform."

There's actually some new stuff here, such as a call for "immediate medical malpractice reform projects that could help doctors focus on putting their patients first, not on practicing defensive medicine."

But of most interest to the folks around here is the public option, which most definitely is in the Plan.

***** If You Don’t Have Insurance,
the President's Plan:

Creates a new insurance marketplace — the Exchange — that allows people without insurance and small businesses to compare plans and buy insurance at competitive prices.

Provides new tax credits to help people buy insurance and to help small businesses cover their employees.

Offers a public health insurance option to provide the uninsured who can’t find affordable coverage with a real choice.

Offers new, low-cost coverage through a national “high risk” pool to protect people with preexisting conditions from financial ruin until the new Exchange is created

more:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/9/779475/-Just-released:-Presidents-Plan-requires-public-option

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Here's what the e-mail said

Tonight, I offered a specific plan for how to make it happen. I incorporated the best ideas from Democrats and Republicans to create a plan that's bold, practical, and represents the broad consensus of the American people.

We've come closer to real health reform in the last few months than we have in the last 60 years. But those who profit from the status quo -- and those who put partisan advantage above all else -- will fight us every inch of the way.

We do not seek that fight, but we will not shrink from it. The stakes are too high to let scare tactics cloud the debate, or to allow partisan bickering to block the path. Your voice, right now, is essential.


See my full plan and call on your representatives to support it:

more:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hcsignon/?district=GA5&returnlink=false

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