A guide to the public option compromises in the Senate

Washington Post by Ezra Klein | Oct. 24, 2009 (News Analysis)

(Blog Post) There are three "compromise" public options currently being considered in the U.S. Senate (and yes, I know many argue that the public option is itself a compromise, and there's something to that). Ben Nelson is advocating one. Olympia Snowe is behind another. Jay Rockefeller is talking up a third. Herewith, a guide for the perplexed: Full Story »

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Posted by: via Jonathan Cohn - Oct 22, 2009 - 10:27 AM PDT
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  • Making Sure The States Don't Pay (Too Much) For Reform

    New Republic by Suzy Khimm | Oct. 25, 2009 (Comment)
    (Blog Post) The House is still deliberating between two versions of the public option, as Cohn laid out earlier: a stronger version that would tie public option pay rates to Medicare ...
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  • White House to Reid: We hope you know what you're doing (Queued)

    washingtonpost.com by Ezra Klein | Oct. 24, 2009
    Things have gotten real complicated, real quick, on the public option. This roundup of contrasting quotes and statements, for instance, has a Keystone Kops quality to it. I?ve ...
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  • The Public Option Playing Field, in Two Dimensions (Pending)

    FiveThirtyEight by noreply@blogger.com (Nate Silver) | Oct. 23, 2009
    You should definitely go and read Ezra Klein's handy guide to the various public option compromises that are working their way through the Senate. One thing to bear in mind ...
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