Comments on: Public Option Dead? Or Recrafted? http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/12/public-option-dead-or-recrafted/ Survival Strategies Fri, 11 May 2012 13:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TomDegan http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/12/public-option-dead-or-recrafted/comment-page-1/#comment-656 TomDegan Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:35:03 +0000 http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/12/public-option-dead-or-recrafted/#comment-656 The public option is obviously as dead as a doornail. My advice to the progressives is to take what they can get now.<br><br>I don't know what kind of health care reform will come out of this session, but I strongly suspect it won't be much. There is, however a silver lining behind this very dark cloud. I am reminded of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Don't be embarrassed if you've never heard of it, there really isn't a hell of a lot to remember about it; a mere pittance, really - a scrap of leftovers tossed out to "American Negros" (in the parlance of the age) in order to appease them. But it made the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - the one we remember - all the more easier seven years later.<br><br>We'll live to fight another day.<br><br><a href="http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com</a><br><br>Tom Degan The public option is obviously as dead as a doornail. My advice to the progressives is to take what they can get now.

I don't know what kind of health care reform will come out of this session, but I strongly suspect it won't be much. There is, however a silver lining behind this very dark cloud. I am reminded of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Don't be embarrassed if you've never heard of it, there really isn't a hell of a lot to remember about it; a mere pittance, really – a scrap of leftovers tossed out to “American Negros” (in the parlance of the age) in order to appease them. But it made the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – the one we remember – all the more easier seven years later.

We'll live to fight another day.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan

]]> By: TomDegan http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/12/public-option-dead-or-recrafted/comment-page-1/#comment-581 TomDegan Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:35:03 +0000 http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/12/public-option-dead-or-recrafted/#comment-581 The public option is obviously as dead as a doornail. My advice to the progressives is to take what they can get now.<br><br>I don't know what kind of health care reform will come out of this session, but I strongly suspect it won't be much. There is, however a silver lining behind this very dark cloud. I am reminded of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Don't be embarrassed if you've never heard of it, there really isn't a hell of a lot to remember about it; a mere pittance, really - a scrap of leftovers tossed out to "American Negros" (in the parlance of the age) in order to appease them. But it made the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - the one we remember - all the more easier seven years later.<br><br>We'll live to fight another day.<br><br><a href="http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com</a><br><br>Tom Degan The public option is obviously as dead as a doornail. My advice to the progressives is to take what they can get now.

I don't know what kind of health care reform will come out of this session, but I strongly suspect it won't be much. There is, however a silver lining behind this very dark cloud. I am reminded of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Don't be embarrassed if you've never heard of it, there really isn't a hell of a lot to remember about it; a mere pittance, really – a scrap of leftovers tossed out to “American Negros” (in the parlance of the age) in order to appease them. But it made the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – the one we remember – all the more easier seven years later.

We'll live to fight another day.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan

]]> By: Karoli http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/12/public-option-dead-or-recrafted/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Karoli Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:28:59 +0000 http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/12/public-option-dead-or-recrafted/#comment-580 It's not ideal. But here's what I have right now and for the forseeable future: Nothing. Not just nothing; no chance to get anything. So which option works best for me? Bankruptcy or piecemeal? It's not ideal. But here's what I have right now and for the forseeable future: Nothing. Not just nothing; no chance to get anything. So which option works best for me? Bankruptcy or piecemeal?

]]> By: saraesl789 http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/12/public-option-dead-or-recrafted/comment-page-1/#comment-578 saraesl789 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:39:46 +0000 http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/12/public-option-dead-or-recrafted/#comment-578 I'm sorry, but such a piecemeal approach does not serve the majority of Americans -- talk about a bureaucratic mess; a family of four with three different health care providers? That's a joke and no real solution. I'm sorry, but such a piecemeal approach does not serve the majority of Americans — talk about a bureaucratic mess; a family of four with three different health care providers? That's a joke and no real solution.

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