This Just Out: Public Option
By Ward Harkavy in Featured, Health-care costs
Tuesday, Sep. 29 2009 @ 3:44PM
It's official: Even a watered-down, weakened "public option" didn't make it into the health bill.
It doesn't matter that most Americans apparently want it.
"Dealing a blow to liberals," says MarketWatch of the 15-8 Senate Finance vote against Jay Rockefeller's amendment. Chuck Schumer's got an amendment of his own coming up.
For now, though, happy days are here again for the private managed-care companies. Humana and other stocks got a good boost on Wall Street this afternoon.
1 comment(s)
WHAT A SHAME, public option it's the best option for forty seven millions uninsurde americans to afforde a health care plan, so thousands of them don't die each year because of lack of it . As usual in DC. who gets the deepest pocket, gets the loudest voice and make the policy for the whole country.What a social disaster.
Posted On: Tuesday, Sep. 29 2009 @ 9:34PM