Retreat: Team Obama Drops 'Public Option'

Hippie McRaver · Aug 26, 2009

Pressed_Rat said:

You people who are trapped in the right/left paradigm are really the ones who don't get it.

I am sure there are special interest groups controlling the opposition to Obama's health care reform. However, I know for a fact there are many more which are behind it, including big pharma
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Im glad at least someone on here isnt in the sheeple flock, and btw the big pharma backroom wheeling and dealing is absolutely true, that is why the public option was dropped it was the last straw you people who claim to be liberals should be pissed about that

A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week.

The memo, which according to a knowledgeable health care lobbyist was prepared by a person directly involved in the negotiations, lists exactly what the White House gave up, and what it got in return... story continues below
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/internal-memo-confirms-bi_n_258285.html

gardener · Aug 26, 2009

odon said:

First posted: 08-16-2009
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Sorry missed the opening date on the thread.

For those of you that think non-profit co-ops are the answer...can you spell HMO? I think we've been down this road before.

gardener · Aug 26, 2009

Who's paying to fight against true reform:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-papantonio/whos-funding-healthcare-o_b_269991.html

Rick Scott and his pals are scared. They can visualize what a government run public option might do to them. Their ability to refuse coverage for preexisting illness would be jeopardized. Their routine of denying treatment without explanation would become more difficult. Their surly attitude about premium increases would be tamed, and companies like Scott's Columbia HCA would have a more difficult time pulling off 1.7 billion dollar health care frauds.
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Hiptastic · Aug 27, 2009

Im glad at least someone on here isnt in the sheeple flock, and btw the big pharma backroom wheeling and dealing is absolutely true, that is why the public option was dropped it was the last straw you people who claim to be liberals should be pissed about that
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If you believed in the public option Rat would have called you sheeple too... you ain't reading that guy right.

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