Bernie Sanders and Ed Rendell w/be on Rachel in a few minutes, giving their

[gateley]

opinion on dropping the public option and limited expanded Medicare buy-in. 6pm Pacific.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. Please keep us posted on what Sanders says.

[gateley]

2. Will do --

[eleny]

3. On tenterhooks for how this deal all shakes out

k&r

[gateley]

4. KO said Reid confirmed PO has been dropped; Reuters reports Reid said reports

are not true.

[bdamomma]

5. weird stuff going on. what is the truth, is it in or out?

[gateley]

8. Were you able to see Bernie on Rachel? Essentially

they don't know what the real deal is, but he feels the trade-offs are weakening the PO.

[gateley]

13. All I know is I don't know. We're gonna have to wait on this one - at least until

we SEE Reid making some sort of statement.

[gateley]

6. Sanders is on --

- He's not clear -- nobody is -- as to what's in this package.

- Bill does a lot of good thing, but if we're serious, single payer is the only way.

- 10 Senators, 5 progressive, 5 conservative and been locked in a room.

- People 55 can opt into Medicare for a premium.

- He thinks they're also talking about giving States more responsibility.

- he doesn't think the PO is actually dead, but there are tradeoffs

- the Reps have decided they're more interested in serving the insurance companies.

- maybe there might be an expansion of Medicaid

- Nobody has the final word, but it's a trade off and it's weakening the PO.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

9. Thank you.

I trust Bernie Sanders to give it to us straight.

[gateley]

11. Me, too -- the problem is that he and they don't know what those 10 Senators

are cooking up exactly.

I'm sure we'll hear more over the next little while.

Even though it makes my head spin, if Bernie is happy, then I'll be happy. So let's hope for a happy Bernie! :hi:

[MarjorieG]

10. Said the PO had been so weakened these trade-offs an improvement. Rendell suggested state/or

regulatory mechanism for cost containment for those of us who are not Medicare and Medicaid.

[gateley]

7. Delete - Dupe

[ReverendDeuce]

12. Et tu, Bernie?

He's carrying water for the Democrats with this... WTF? This whole thing is complete FAIL. Sanders has gone down SEVERAL pegs for his support of this completely useless "reform"...