A government-run insurance program would be an “obstacle” to health care overhaul, a top Senate Republican said Sunday, and such “unfair competition” would lead to nationalized health insurance, while a top Senate Democrat defended it as one means to “keep the private insurance companies honest.” Full Story »
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Excessive quotes, but this captures the debate in the Finance Committee between Schumer and Grassley. Doesn't really seek the reality behind the bland, sanitized press quotes.
The Republican health care alternative is so obscenely and transparently designed to protect private insurers, I have a hard time believing any ... More »
I no longer consider a story on health care a story of quality if the reporter only interviews congress people. Without the perspective of organizations like Physicians for a National Health Care Plan, we simply get conventional wisdom. So we get cliches like Schumer's "keeping insurance companies honest" with a public option. How do you keep insurance companies "hones"? Isn't it their mandate to make profits and deny care? Why should there be profit in health care? Isn't ... More »
If it is to be judged on reporting the exchange between Schumer and Grassley, yes it is quality journalism. However, I think it would have helped to explain their positions more in depth. It was only reporting their comments and nothing more
The article should have gone more in depth. Certainly the opinions of various Americans could have been quoted.
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