Third Way's Contoversial Health Care Memo Drafted By Ex-Insurance Industry Advocate

Huffington Post by Ryan Grim | Jun. 8, 2009 (News Report)

A health care policy statement causing an uproar among progressives was drafted by two policy analysts with longtime connections to the health insurance industry.

The paper, leaked by the organization Third Way Monday, rejects calls for a public health care option that would compete with private insurance on the grounds that it would be divisive and undermine broader reform goals. The position would be unsurprising coming from the insurance ... Full Story »

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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Jun. 8, 2009

When links are included, this story gives a very thorough report of the controversy around a so-called "moderate liberal" group's statement in opposition to a true public option for health care and why progressives are furious.

Third Way's plan is not progressive or liberal or consistent with the wishes of the majority of Americans, according to the polls I've seen, and it ... More »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 8, 2009

The news is that the enemy is writing the position papers for those who are supposed to be friends of the ordinary people.

Good health care might protect us from malicious moles.

The two authors are Anne Kim and David Kendall. Kendall is a former consultant for the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Association, one of the most powerful insurers in the nation. ... More »

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