On AlterNet: public option

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Rep. Grayson: Obama Needs to Push Health Care In Earnest -- With a Public Option

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. January 28, 2010.

The health care battle between Republicans and Democrats has looked like a fight 'between the crazies and the lazies,' Grayson said. Now it's time to get serious.

If We Don't Fix the Senate's Miserable Health Bill, the Repercussions Could Last for Decades

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. December 24, 2009.

Calling the Senate's health bill a "awesome achievement" like Paul Krugman did is to encourage the preservation of a hideously broken system.

Video: New Ad Takes Obama to Task for Ditching Public Option

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 23, 2009.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is hitting the president hard -- with his own words -- for backing a health-care bill with a mandate and no public option.

How Obama Pushed Hard For a Public Option, Then Bailed When It Mattered Most

Zaid Jilani, Think Progress AlterNet: Politics. December 22, 2009.

Despite his history of supporting the government-run insurance plan, Obama did little to pressure lawmakers when it mattered most.

And They'll Call This Health-Care Reform: How Three Senators Are Extorting You For Their Big-Time Buddies

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. December 18, 2009.

Harry Reid will do anything to get sixty votes -- which means Lieberman, Nelson, and Snowe can use extortion on behalf of Big Insurance, Big Pharma, the AMA, and abortion foes.

No Public Option: Worse Than Nothing?

Lindsay Beyerstein, The Media Consortium AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 16, 2009.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eviscerated the Senate's health care reform bill on Tuesday.

Video: Howard Dean Tells Dems to Kill Senate Health-Care Bill

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 16, 2009.

With no public option and no Medicare buy-in, the Senate bill is not worth voting for, the former DNC chairman tells "Countdown."

Why Health Care 'Deform' Might Help Elect a Few Real Progressives

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 15, 2009.

There is overwhelming disappointment at Obama's attempts for bipartisan health reform. But the good news is there's a glimmer of hope for the election of true progressives in 2010.

Why Is the New York Times Helping Joe Lieberman Lie About Health Care?

Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. December 14, 2009.

When someone knowingly passes along falsehoods from government officials as though they are true, isn't that the essence of propaganda?

How a Few Private Health Insurers Are on the Way to Controlling Health Care

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. December 12, 2009.

If you think an expanded Medicare makes up for the lack of a public option in the Senate bill, you're smoking medical marijuana.

Lieberman "Irritated" By Toothless Trigger

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 10, 2009.

The public option has basically been negotiated away. And Lieberman is still not satisfied.

Poll: Strong Majority of Americans Still 'Favor' a Public Option

Matt Corley, AlterNet: PEEK. December 10, 2009.

The stable popularity of the public option suggests that Americans may want the expansion of existing public programs.

Senate Passes Compromised Health Care Reform -- Will Progressive Dems Support the Final Bill?

John Nichols, TheNation.com. December 9, 2009.

Senate Dems cut a deal on the public option but also endorse expanding Medicare, leaving some liberals torn over whether they will support the final bill.

Public Option, Bye-Bye? Senate Reaches a Health-Care Deal

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 9, 2009.

Senate negotiations said to have led to a final health-care reform bill with no public option.

Nelson's Anti-Choice Amendment Defeated in Senate, 54-45: Rep. Diana DeGette Responds

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 8, 2009.

The Senate tabled an amendment offered by Ben Nelson, D-Neb., that would have replicated the Stupak language.

The Public Option That Isn't Public At All

James Ridgeway, Mother Jones Online. December 8, 2009.

As the Senate negotiates its health-care reform bill, liberals appear ready to throw in the towel on a real public option.

Nelson's Stupak-like Amendment Expected to Fail

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. December 7, 2009.

Nelson threatens to filibuster the bill if it's not included -- Harry Reid is going to owe some favors.

Sen. Ben Nelson Asks Bishops' Blessing on His Anti-Choice Health-Care Amendment

Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. December 4, 2009.

Nelson won't offer his amendment to the Senate's health-care reform legislation until the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops has time to review it.

Will Joe Lieberman Be the Only Dem to Sabotage Health Reform?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Politics. November 24, 2009.

Joe Lieberman will work with Republicans to kill health care reform, no matter the consequences for the millions who are counting on this bill to pass.

Video: Progressive Change Campaign Committee Robocalls For the Public Option

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 20, 2009.

Anticipating GOP push-back on the Senate health-care bill's public option, PCCC marshals a show of support

Senate Leader Announces Health-Care Bill

Adele Stan, AlterNet: PEEK. November 18, 2009.

The public option is in -- but what about reproductive rights?

An Open Letter to Harry Reid: Here's How to Cut Health Care Costs

Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. November 17, 2009.

Nobody said this would be easy. But passing the health reform that America deserves involves a little political muscle.

Single Payer Now!

Sen. Bernie Sanders, November 13, 2009.

In my view, the real solution to the problem of how to reform health care in this country is a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system.

Woops! Bill O'Reilly Doesn't Remember What the Public Option Is Called, or That It's Pretty Popular (Video)

Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: Media and Technology. November 10, 2009.

Big Bill was shut down unexpectedly last night by fellow Fox Newser Brit Hume. Go figure.

Former Worker's Confession: "I Was Hired to Stand in the Way of Health Care Reform"

Robert Greenwald, Sick for Profit. November 5, 2009.

Hi, I'm Andy Cobb and I did all the damage I could being a spokesjerk for Blue Cross Blue Shield.