Reuters: Sen. Reid says reports of public option death "not true."

[jenmito]

ETA link thanks to Peacetrain: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B807720091209 :hi:

p.s. The article has been updated. The sentence in my Subject line, quote included, is no longer there.

[Kdillard]

1. Geez the confusion is maddening.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. That's the internet age for you.

[jenmito]

4. It could be that the Medicare expansion is in addition to some sort of PO.

[ClarkUSA]

3. Aw shucks... and the Outrage Crew were so happy before you had to ruin their "told you so" parade.

Thanks for the correction from an actual named source who's credible.

K&R

[IndianaGreen]

5. link?

[jefferson_dem]

9. Reid said reports the government-run "public option" had been dropped were "not true."

FWIW - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B807720091209

[IndianaGreen]

14. Not quite what Reuters is saying

Senate negotiators emerged from a full day of meetings Tuesday saying they had made genuine progress toward a deal on health care reform.

They declined to outline the specifics of the agreement, but said that the measures they had been discussing will be sent to the Congressional Budget Office office for cost estimates. Once the estimates are returned, the final deal will be put together.

"We have made a lot of progress. There's a lot of agreement. We have decided to take the next step and that is to ask the CBO to score what we've been discussing," said Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), one of five conservative Democrats negotiating with five liberals.

The discussion has focused on abandoning or greatly narrowing the public health insurance option. In exchange, people 54-55 would be able to buy in to Medicare and Medicaid eligibility would be expanded to people within 150 percent of the federal poverty line. And people within 300 percent of poverty would be eligible for a program pushed by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) modeled on her state's Basic Health. Cantwell is not one of the ten in the meetings but has stopped by to brief negotiators.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/08/senate-sinks-abortion-ame_n_384846.html

[SemiCharmedQuark]

16. Um...that quote you highlighted is not a quote said by Reid and that link isn't to Reuters.

That's HuffPo.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

17. Also, the post you replied to was what Reuters said VERBATIM.

[IndianaGreen]

19. Oh, I forgot HuffPo no longer has the imprimatur from the Holy Office

Perhaps we should wait for Gibbs to tell us what to believe.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

20. Well when you say that "That isn't what Reuters said", it's expected you'll post what Reuters DID

say. Not what some other source says.

You didn't.

Not only that, but you said "Not quite what Reuters is saying" when actually, the poster had copied what Reuters said word for word.

[ClarkUSA]

11. MSNBC is lying about Reuters reporting this statement by Harry Reid? See above reply for the link.

:eyes:

[IndianaGreen]

15. There you again! Your side never lies (2011 troops will be home)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/08/senate-sinks-abortion-ame_n_384846.html

[ClarkUSA]

23. Glad you see it that way. Your HuffPo story doesn't change what Reuters reported.

:)

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. Harry Reid is credible?

I wouldn't go that far.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

8. No. But Bernie Sanders is.

[Sebastian Doyle]

35. Bernie wasn't in on the meeting though.

So he doesn't know exactly what it says either.

He probably SHOULD have been in the meeting though. If the idea of this "gang of 10" was to have 5 liberals and 5 so-called "moderates", then Bernie would have been a natural choice for the Liberal side, along with Feingold and Harkin. Chuck Schumer? Yeah, right.....

[jenmito]

7. I know. They already put their "Kucinich '12" yard signs up

in their yards...

[ClarkUSA]

36. At least one poster has a different sign in mind...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=45333&mesg_id=45437

Surprise, surprise. :eyes:

[jenmito]

39. She can't be serious!

She supports a HAWK who is considered DLC by many? And definitely to the right of Obama?! :rofl:

[boomerbust]

28. Right Clark

I see a certain person from Allentown, PA made that exact comment.:hi:

[Peacetrain]

10. Here is the Reuters story

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B807720091209

[jenmito]

13. Thanks, Peacetrain! I hope you don't mind that I added it to my OP.

:hi:

[jeanpalmer]

12. And reports of Elvis death

not true either....

[IndianaGreen]

18. CNN: Reid and the two senators who negotiated the agreement would not reveal any details

Reid and the two senators who negotiated the agreement -- Charles Schumer and Mark Pryor -- would not reveal any details of the plan

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/08/health.care/index.html

Senate negotiators emerged from a full day of meetings Tuesday saying they had made genuine progress toward a deal on health care reform.

They declined to outline the specifics of the agreement, but said that the measures they had been discussing will be sent to the Congressional Budget Office office for cost estimates. Once the estimates are returned, the final deal will be put together.

"We have made a lot of progress. There's a lot of agreement. We have decided to take the next step and that is to ask the CBO to score what we've been discussing," said Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), one of five conservative Democrats negotiating with five liberals.

The discussion has focused on abandoning or greatly narrowing the public health insurance option. In exchange, people 54-55 would be able to buy in to Medicare and Medicaid eligibility would be expanded to people within 150 percent of the federal poverty line. And people within 300 percent of poverty would be eligible for a program pushed by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) modeled on her state's Basic Health. Cantwell is not one of the ten in the meetings but has stopped by to brief negotiators.

Senators, after the meeting, would not confirm which elements of the discussion were sent to CBO. Much will depend on the results of the CBO analysis.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/08/senate-sinks-abortion-ame_n_384846.html

[Peacetrain]

21. Seriously.. now matter what is being said..this still has to be reconciled with the house.

[K8-EEE]

22. People have got to stop freaking out over "sources say" & "reports are" etc nt

[IndianaGreen]

24. Reid is not quoted by Reuters saying anything like that

refusing to give details on the proposals that will be sent to the Congressional Budget Office.

[ClarkUSA]

26. That's because they updated their story at the link and you know it. Nice try.

He did indeed say that earlier. :)

[IndianaGreen]

29. In other words, the OP is just DEAD WRONG!

and like the lunatics in I/P, your side can't never admit you were wrong.

[ClarkUSA]

34. Um, wrong again. I said Reuters UPDATED the story. They did not correct the story.

You're one to speak of lunatics... :rofl:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

27. You're referring to an updated link, but the original link the OP sourced said exactly that.

Word. For. Word.

[IndianaGreen]

31. So Reuters corrected the story while you guys are still repeating it

[SemiCharmedQuark]

32. No, they updated the story.

However, at the time when you claimed Reuters hadn't "quite said that", the link read exactly word for word what the poster wrote.

[Undercurrent]

25. Premature outragulation is running amok. Again.

There must be a group of folks who sit around all day looking for "bad news" so they can go online and express outrage. No point in waiting for pesky facts, or the real story to unfold.

[Cha]

30. Who started that crap?

[IndianaGreen]

33. OP

[Rosa Luxemburg]

37. ...and the third day the public option rose again

[neshanic still]

38. It's official, no PO. By Reid saying there is, he has proven it.