• Posts Tagged ‘Opt-Out’

    I hate gangs

    by  • December 8, 2009 • politics & money

    Especially gangs of senators. Democratic senators say they have a tentative deal to drop a government-run insurance option from healthcare legislation. No further details were immediately available. via Senators strike tentative deal to drop public option for health insurance | D.C. Now | Los Angeles Times. Ah well, on to the next one. The 60 [...]

    Read more →

    Public Option, Opt-Out

    by  • October 26, 2009 • politics & money

    Much better than a trigger: Senate Majority Leader  Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Monday that the bill he will bring to the Senate floor will include a public health insurance option that individual states could decline to participate in. “I’ve concluded –with the support of the White House, Senators Dodd and Baucus — that the best [...]

    Read more →