Comments on: What Happened to the Public Option http://wallstreetpit.com/12270-health-reform-what-happened-to-the-public-option Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JJN http://wallstreetpit.com/12270-health-reform-what-happened-to-the-public-option#comment-81685 JJN Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:38 +0000 http://wallstreetpit.com/?p=12270#comment-81685 Make up your mind. Is it 45 million people not covered or 6 million? There's an old saying. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Sure the system needs tweaking. Kamakazi democrats want to throw out the baby with the bathwater. Make up your mind. Is it 45 million people not covered or 6 million?
There’s an old saying. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Sure the system needs tweaking. Kamakazi democrats want to throw out the baby with the bathwater.

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://wallstreetpit.com/12270-health-reform-what-happened-to-the-public-option#comment-81648 HMTKSteve Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:25:10 +0000 http://wallstreetpit.com/?p=12270#comment-81648 Could the author please explain this line: "Our current system of private for-profit insurers costs 16 percent of GDP and leaves out 45 million people." How does a private business 'cost' us 16% of GDP? Doesn't the private insurance industry contribute to GDP and not take away from it? Could the author please explain this line:

“Our current system of private for-profit insurers costs 16 percent of GDP and leaves out 45 million people.”

How does a private business ‘cost’ us 16% of GDP? Doesn’t the private insurance industry contribute to GDP and not take away from it?

]]> By: DBC http://wallstreetpit.com/12270-health-reform-what-happened-to-the-public-option#comment-81619 DBC Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:39:34 +0000 http://wallstreetpit.com/?p=12270#comment-81619 I hope we do announce the names of the Democrats that will not vote for either of them. If they are from my district, they will have earned my vote. Hat's off the Representative Jim Marshall. He got it right during the House vote and if he remains on the right side of the issue, he will have my vote during the next election. And I am quite sure I am not alone. I hope we do announce the names of the Democrats that will not vote for either of them. If they are from my district, they will have earned my vote. Hat’s off the Representative Jim Marshall. He got it right during the House vote and if he remains on the right side of the issue, he will have my vote during the next election. And I am quite sure I am not alone.

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