Third Way's Contoversial Health Care Memo Drafted By Ex-Insurance Industry Advocate
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 ...
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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 would not take care of the problems of those without access to health care. The Blue Dog Democrats who are changing their tunes on health care, after signing on to UHCAN, should no longer be supported by true Democrats.