government option for health insurance

September 04, 2010|Sam Mamudi, MarketWatch

Public health insurance option - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The public health insurance option is a proposed government-run health insurance agency which competes with other health insurance companies. It is not the .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option

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Health Insurance | USA.gov
Apr 26, 2012 . USA.gov: Government Made Easy. Search . Look into health insurance options, get information about Medicare and Medicaid, and more.
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Health/HealthInsurance.shtml

Senate panel votes down public option for health care bill - CNN
Sep 29, 2009 . The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected two amendments to include a government-run public health insurance option in the only .
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-09-29/politics/senate.public.option_1_insurance-option-public-option-health-insurance?_s=PM:POLITICS

Most support public option for health insurance, poll finds
Oct 20, 2009 . A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health-care plan to compete with private insurers has .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101902451.html

Obama's Health-Care Plan Would Include a Government Option ...
Jun 7, 2009 . President Obama stepped off a plane from Paris Sunday and into his next domestic crisis: health-care reform. "The status quo is broken.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/President44/story?id=7778863&page=1

'Public Option' in Health Plan May Be Dropped - NYTimes.com
Aug 17, 2009 . Alternate Plan as Health Option Muddies Debate (August 18, 2009). The “public option,” a new government insurance program akin to .
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/health/policy/18talkshows.html?pagewanted=all

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Who's afraid of the public option? Health care debate is stuck on a ...
Jun 19, 2009 . The official new sticking point in the fight over health care reform is the "public option," a taxpayer-sponsored medical insurance plan that .
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/afraid-public-option-health-care-debate-stuck-a-straw-man-article-1.375032

Public Option Health Care | Public debate over 'public option' for ...
May 10, 2009 . WASHINGTON — President Obama has pledged to find a middle ground in his drive to reshape the nation's troubled healthcare system.
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/10/nation/na-healthcare10

Fox News: Avoid 'public option' in health care debate - Jennifer ...
Dec 9, 2010 . Instead, Sammon offered several other ways to discuss the idea: "government- run health insurance," "government option," "the public option, .
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46186.html

No Public Option in Obama Health Care Plan - CBS News
Feb 22, 2010 . No Public Option in Obama Health Care Plan. Updated 11:45 a.m. ET Making a last-ditch effort to save his health care overhaul, President .
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-250_162-6231221.html

Obama still wants public option for health - USATODAY.com
Sep 6, 2009 . President Obama declared Monday that modern benefits like paid leave, . against his proposals for a government-run health care option.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-09-06-obama-aflcio_N.htm

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Bill Moyers Journal: Assessing a "Public Option" for Health Care
Jul 31, 2009 . The “public option” is central to many Democrats' vision for health care reform, but it has attracted pointed criticism from supporters of the .
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2009/07/assessing_a_public_option_for.html

New Poll Shows Tremendous Support for Public Health Care Option ...
Jun 15, 2009 . Eighty-three percent of Americans favor and only 14 percent oppose “creating a new public health insurance plan that anyone can purchase” .
http://ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009062515/new-poll-shows-tremendous-support-public-health-care-option

The Costs and Benefits of a Public Option in Health Care Reform: An ...
Oct 7, 2009 . the option to purchase public health insurance. Existing cost . Debates about the merits of including a public option in health care reform have .
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/chefs/Public_Option_Economic_Analysis.pdf

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The 'Public Option' Health Care Scam - Reason Magazine
Jul 16, 2009 . BTW the system Obama is proposing is similar to the German universal health care system that has both a public and private option. It is also .
http://reason.com/archives/2009/07/16/the-public-option-health-care

Public Option - The Pros and Cons of Public Option Health Insurance
A public option means the government would provide a form of health insurance that citizens can purchase, to pay for their healthcare. It would operate like the .
http://patients.about.com/od/healthcarereform/a/publicoption.htm