Ezra Klein on the House health care reform bill

Washington Post by Ezra Klein | Oct. 29, 2009 (Interview)

(Blog Post) So what exactly did the House put out this morning? Is it the Robust opt-out Public Option that Sen. Reid talked about?

Ezra Klein: No. So to do a bit on defining terms here:

Robust refers to a public option that can use Medicare's payment rates. That would let the public option save 20-30 percent against private insurance. Neither the House nor the Senate includes such an option.

The House bill has a national public option that ... Full Story »

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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 29, 2009

Some questions are less helpful than others, but overall Klein does a fine job explaining to readers -- and to me -- some of the nuance in the bill revealed today. Nowhere near as wonkish as usual, this contains some of the information that most of us are looking for.

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  • Grading the Public Options That Already Exist

    ProPublica by Sabrina Sahnkman | Oct. 28, 2009 (News Analysis)
    Pundits and politicians from both sides of the fence have been hollering themselves blue about a potential public health care option. Instead of relying on private insurers, ...
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  • The Lethal Politics Of The Opt-Out Public Option

    Atlantic Monthly by Andrew Sullivan | Oct. 29, 2009 (Opinion)
    (Blog Post) I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more attention. But imagine for a moment that the opt-out public option passes and becomes law (I give it a 65 percent chance at this point). ...
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