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Pelosi: No bill without public option
Politico ^ | 8/20/09

Posted on 08/20/2009 1:14:44 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Pelosi: No bill without public option

Foreshadowing a House-Senate showdown, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday there is "no way" the House can pass a health care bill without a government-run insurance option.

Speaking at a news conference in San Francisco, Pelosi told reporters that a public option will "keep insurance companies honest."

“There’s no way I can pass a bill in the House of Representatives without a public option,” the California Democrat said, according to wire reports. "Unless someone comes up with a better idea, that's how we're going forth in the House."

Pelosi reportedly added: "If someone can come up with a better idea, let them put it on the table, we haven't heard that yet. ... So we're fighting very hard for the public option."

Obama on Thursday told liberal activists and a conservative talk show host that he continues to support a public option, but said it was only a piece of a broader health reform package and continues to signal that it's not a make-or-break issue for him.

Meantime, the Senate seems likely to drop the controversial plan from any bill it proposes. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-S.D.), a key negotiator on the Finance Committee, has emphatically said there aren't enough votes in the Senate to approve a bill with a government-run option.

"It's very clear that there are not the votes in the United States Senate for a public option," Conrad said Thursday on Fox Business Network.

Who will win this game of chicken?


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohealthcare; congress; democrats; governmentoption; healthcare; killthebill; liberalfascism; obamacare; pelosi; publicoption; socialism; socializedmedicine
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1 posted on 08/20/2009 1:14:44 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Well I’m OK with no bill.


2 posted on 08/20/2009 1:15:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: cripplecreek

you beat me to it...


3 posted on 08/20/2009 1:15:56 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands ("Failed Obama Administration" (TM))
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To: Sub-Driver

That’s wonderful news, Nancy girl (which was Hitler’s favorite way of referring to queers). Then you and 0bummer will fail.


4 posted on 08/20/2009 1:15:56 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Please, let them kill it with a stake through it’s heart. There is nothing redeeming this this monstrosity of a bill.


5 posted on 08/20/2009 1:16:45 PM PDT by texgal (end no-fault divorce laws return DUE PROCESS & EQUAL PROTECTION to ALL citizens))
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To: Sub-Driver

This is BS. Co-ops supported by the government could have a similar effect. It depends on how much money they are willing to lose and how they are set up. If all they do is buy insurance from competing insurers, that’s one thing, but if they are authorized and capitalized to venture into insurance themselves, that’s quite different.


6 posted on 08/20/2009 1:17:48 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: Sub-Driver

This is BS. Co-ops supported by the government could have a similar effect. It depends on how much money they are willing to lose and how they are set up. If all they do is buy insurance from competing insurers, that’s one thing, but if they are authorized and capitalized to venture into insurance themselves, that’s quite different.


7 posted on 08/20/2009 1:17:51 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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No Bill works for me !


8 posted on 08/20/2009 1:18:28 PM PDT by carolina71
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To: Sub-Driver
So, how do we keep Pelosi “honest”??
9 posted on 08/20/2009 1:19:58 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Sub-Driver

And after a while, you can work on points for style.
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake,
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile.

You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to,
So that when they turn their backs on you,
You’ll get the chance to put the knife in...

“Dogs” Roger Waters, David Gilmour...


10 posted on 08/20/2009 1:20:11 PM PDT by Bean Counter (No, I am Jim Thompson!!)
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To: Sub-Driver

So the bi-partisan thing to do is to have NO BILL...


11 posted on 08/20/2009 1:20:39 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (It requires the willing suspension of disbelief to believe what Obama says about Healthcare reform.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Really? The Nazi Brown shirts were gay.


12 posted on 08/20/2009 1:20:41 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: cripplecreek

Yes indeed. Nancy has the perfect solution.


13 posted on 08/20/2009 1:20:51 PM PDT by rod1
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To: Sub-Driver

They won’t listen to any option or ammendment offered, so why even mess with it? Let it die.

Besides, I think I know a Sub-Driver that could sink the whole thing.


14 posted on 08/20/2009 1:21:45 PM PDT by RC2
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To: Sub-Driver

What do you know?

I agree with her. NO BILL!


15 posted on 08/20/2009 1:22:36 PM PDT by Tolkien (Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
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To: Sub-Driver

No bill is the way to go


16 posted on 08/20/2009 1:23:29 PM PDT by GeronL (Pro-Freedom Fiction Writers Unite! - http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Co-op are exactly what Hitler and Mousillini did....gives companies and citizens the false sense of “Capitalism” when in reality the government is pulling all the strings!

No bill is a great bill!


17 posted on 08/20/2009 1:24:14 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Co-ops supported by government??

Maybe you missed something. These “co-ops” would be run by a baord appointed by the President. They ARE the public option with a new name.


18 posted on 08/20/2009 1:24:54 PM PDT by GeronL (Pro-Freedom Fiction Writers Unite! - http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
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To: GeronL
Co-ops supported by government??

Financially supported by government, which means they can lose all they want. And yes, that's what makes them work as a public option under another name.

19 posted on 08/20/2009 1:28:38 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: cripplecreek

NO BILL sounds GOOD TO ME!!!


20 posted on 08/20/2009 1:30:57 PM PDT by gwilhelm56 (Orwell's 1984 - To Conservatives, a WARNING - to Liberals, a TEXTBOOK!)
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