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The Polis public-option letter and its supporters � Colorado Independent (coloradoindependent.com) TMC

Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis drafted a letter with fellow Democratic freshman Chellie Pingree, urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to revisit the Senate version of the legislation in order to... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |

Rep. Grayson: Obama Needs to Push Health Care In Earnest -- With a Public Option | News & Politics | AlterNet (www.alternet.org) TMC

Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., has a message for Senate Democrats: Pass health care with a public option -- and pass it quickly. On Wednesday, Grayson joined Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |

Weekly Pulse: No Public Option: Worse Than Nothing? (open.salon.com)

In search of the elusive, filibuster-proof 60th vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eviscerated the Senate’s health care reform bill on Tuesday. Potential GOP swing voter Sen. Olympia Snowe... More

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Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |

Weekly Pulse: Crunch Time in the Senate (www.themediaconsortium.org) TMC

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is determined to get a health care bill passed in the Senate by Christmas.

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Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |

House Passes Health Care Bill (www.truthdig.com) TMC

With a few dozen Democrats jumping ship and the support of just one Republican, the House passed a historic health reform bill by just five votes. The measure would expand coverage to most Americans... More

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Submitted 4 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Is Joe Lieberman Bluffing, Or Would He Really Torpedo Health-Care Reform? | Politics | AlterNet (www.alternet.org) TMC

OK, the Dems had a choice of strategies to get around an inevitable GOP-led filibuster of any health-care bill with a public option.

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Submitted 4 months ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |

The Media Consortium � Weekly Pulse: Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution (www.themediaconsortium.org) TMC

Progressives rejoiced when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced this week that the final Senate health care bill would include a public option. The announcement was a major victory for... More

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Submitted 4 months ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |

Weekly Pulse: Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution (open.salon.com) TMC

Progressives rejoiced when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced this week that the final Senate health care bill would include a public option. The announcement was a major victory for... More

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Submitted 4 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Public Option Please! (www.racewire.org)

Health care advocates from across the country have recently launched, Public Option Please, a campaign to shift the discussion from stiff statistics to human rights. “With all this talk about... More

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Submitted 4 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Stop Negotiating Away the Public Health Insurance Model (amforumbacklog.blogspot.com) TMC

I believe in evidence. As a Western-trained physician, I was taught that half of what I learned in medicine would be proved wrong and that I would have to continue to study, learn and seek evidence... More

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Submitted 5 months ago by AmericanForum | 0 Comments |

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