Where's that public option?
While three House and two Senate health care bills wind their way through committees, amendments trailing like tin-cans on a marriage-mobile, President Obama is quietly working in the background to build a coalition strong enough to pass legislation that will really change the system. The question of the day -- what remains in those bills and where is the public option?
While three House and two Senate health care bills wind their way through committees, amendments trailing like tin-cans on a marriage-mobile, President Obama is quietly working in the background to build a coalition strong enough to pass legislation that will really change the system. The question of the day -- what remains in those bills and where is the public option?
Guests:
Elizabeth McGlynn, Associate Director for RAND Health, Distinguished Chair in Health Quality and Senior Principal Researcher
David Herszenhorn, Congressional Correspondent for the New York Times. He's been writing about the health care debate and for the New York Times prescriptions blog.
- Patt Morrison for October 6, 2009
- Where's that public option?
- Complain at your own risk: employer retaliation on the rise
- Cash in while you can, CEOs: executive pay reform is coming…
- October baseball in SoCal—catch it!
- The eye of the beholder
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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