government option 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

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

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

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

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'Public Option' in Health Plan May Be Dropped - NYTimes.com
Aug 17, 2009 . PHOENIX — The White House, facing increasing skepticism over President Obama's call for a public insurance plan to compete with the .
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/health/policy/18talkshows.html?pagewanted=all

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

White House backs away from public health care option - Carrie ...
Aug 16, 2009 . Obama and top aides signal that they're prepared to drop gov't insurance from a final health deal.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26158.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

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The Public Option Did Not Die - Kaiser Health News
Jan 12, 2012 . In California, government-run public plans, like the Alameda Alliance for Health, will go head-to-head with private insurance companies to .
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2012/january/13/public-option-health-insurance.aspx

Why We Need a Public Health-Care Plan - WSJ.com
Jun 24, 2009 . They did not include potential cost savings from the lynchpin of health-care cost containment: a so-called public option that would give people .
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124580516633344953.html

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

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Obama Health Care Plan Drops Public Option
Feb 22, 2010 . Despite the recent surge of support in the Senate for a government-run health insurance option, President Obama chose not to include one of .
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/22/obama-health-care-plan-dr_n_471320.html

The Public Option and the Hope of Health Care Reform
Dec 23, 2008 . The public option is a government health insurance program akin to Medicare, which would be open to anyone. Credit should go to Edwards, .
http://prospect.org/article/public-option-and-hope-health-care-reform