tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post8935351765636176062..comments2009-10-30T18:09:42.298-04:00Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-73719573906363567032009-10-30T08:51:00.157-04:002009-10-30T08:51:00.157-04:00Joe Lieberman is a hero!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-35501321872203646792009-10-28T22:59:07.788-04:002009-10-28T22:59:07.788-04:00The pool is a huge concern -- that&#39;s why the Wyden amendment is so important. Right now, very few people in the US will be eligible for the public option as discussed in the Senate plan -- basically just people who couldn&#39;t otherwise get insurance and very small businesses. It&#39;s a pool that&#39;s small, compared to the rest of the country, and disproportionately tilted toward those who tend to be most expensive toward the system. The Wyden amendment would open up the public option to many, many millions more patients -- thus greatly expanding the pool. Other important facets for the public option will be ensuring that private companies are banned from discriminating against preexisting conditions and forced to cover most of the same things that the public option will cover -- ie health insurance reform needs to get rid of the donut and/or loop holes..Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-52368355691996035232009-10-28T18:36:47.932-04:002009-10-28T18:36:47.932-04:00I am a health insurance agent in Utah and run two websites that sell insurance www.benefitsmanager.net and www.dentalinsuranceutah.com. I mention this because in Utah it would be great to have a guaranteed public option to put people that the private insurers will decline for health conditions. Plus the way Weiner discribes the public option, it will be priced competitively. So what this means in my industry (I&#39;ve been at it 18 years) is that all my unhealthy clients that get charged more or declined can be put onto the public option now. All my healthy clients can stay on the private option. Hmmmmm follow me yet???? How long can the public option stay affordable?? Who is going to pay for the losses of a big sick pool of people....taxpayers?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-86800149548108387772009-10-27T22:37:48.736-04:002009-10-27T22:37:48.736-04:00The last poll I saw was 70% favor the public option. <br /><br />Joe Lieberman? A Democrat? The poor man&#39;s lost it!<br /><br />Great video on BMG from Billionaires.Middleboro Remembershttp://middlebororemembers.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-83183269801996119932009-10-27T21:31:39.561-04:002009-10-27T21:31:39.561-04:00The public option is going to win in the House and the progressive caucus in the House has said it will not vote for a bill without a public option. Far from a non-starter, it&#39;s odds-on a favorite for ultimate passage, especially once this thing gets to conference committee. <br /><br />As for my blog, it&#39;s doing fine, thank you ;) I have 1 spammer which caused me to change the policy. He&#39;ll go away eventually and I&#39;ll go back to the old comment policy after. It may be easy for him to copy/paste some CLT bullshit, but it&#39;s even easier for me to ignore them...Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-48574205165462066282009-10-27T21:21:35.536-04:002009-10-27T21:21:35.536-04:00the public option is a non starter because people don&#39;t think government does much correctly<br /><br />sorry your blog has been destroyedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com