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Obama calls for 'public option' for Obamacare
CNN ^ | July 11, 2016 | Tami Luhby

Posted on 07/12/2016 10:44:25 AM PDT by PROCON

President Obama joined the chorus of Democrats calling for the creation of a government run health insurance program as Obamacare is facing growing problems.

In an article published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the president called for Congress to revisit the "public option" for Obamacare in areas where few insurers offer coverage.

"Some parts of the country have struggled with limited insurance market competition for many years, which is one reason that, in the original debate over health reform, Congress considered and I supported including a Medicare-like public plan," Obama wrote in the piece.

A public option would mean a government run health insurance plan.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; aca; heathcare; obama; obamacare; publicoption; singlepayer; socialism; socializedmedicine; tyranny
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A public option would mean a government run health insurance plan.

Golly gee, shazzam, shazzam, WHO saw THIS coming??!!

1 posted on 07/12/2016 10:44:25 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Will this be another Obamacare where they shove it down our throats?


2 posted on 07/12/2016 10:45:49 AM PDT by Kenny
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To: PROCON

As predicted by yours truly on these very threads several weeks back....


3 posted on 07/12/2016 10:45:59 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: PROCON

This is my shocked face


4 posted on 07/12/2016 10:46:45 AM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: PROCON

My idea of a “public option” would be a good caning once a week for those involved in setting up Obamacare until such time as they get rid of it.


5 posted on 07/12/2016 10:47:47 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: PROCON

Creeping socialism brought to us by socialist creeps.


6 posted on 07/12/2016 10:49:03 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: PROCON

“I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise.”


7 posted on 07/12/2016 10:49:10 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ( Total War)
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To: Rurudyne

Mark Levin was right. He’s going for the Full Mussolini between now and January.


8 posted on 07/12/2016 10:49:44 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The only shock is the timing right before the election. All but the dimmest bulbs among us understand ObaMaoCare, as currently constituted is FUBAR. We all knew it was designed to fail.


9 posted on 07/12/2016 10:50:26 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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a government run health insurance program......

Sure, since the Feds have done such a great job with the Post Office and the VA, let give ‘em the Whole Enchilada to run.

10 posted on 07/12/2016 10:50:32 AM PDT by TRY ONE (I never got the memo changing the name of Global Warming to Klimate Change)
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To: PROCON
Ho got his public option 7 years ago ... we opted for .. NO.

Biggest ears on the planet and didn't hear a thing we said.

11 posted on 07/12/2016 10:51:20 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true ... and it ticks people off)
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To: PROCON

Rather, there should be an option for the public, i.e. a free market.


12 posted on 07/12/2016 10:51:48 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: lonevoice

This was always the plan.


13 posted on 07/12/2016 10:52:04 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: oldtech
I call for a ‘public option’ for attorneys. Everyone should have access to a ‘free’ lawyer. Everyone. It's a ‘right’! Unless the attorneys all want to publicly admit that what they do isn't as important as being a physician, and therefore not worthy of being a ‘right’. Walmart and all the big ‘box’ stores should have cut-rate lawyers available for walk-in consultation - for a nominal fee.
14 posted on 07/12/2016 10:53:27 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Kenny

Nope, we will all just pay more because it will be like medicare or Medicaid.....so they will just add the bill to our payroll taxes


15 posted on 07/12/2016 10:53:53 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: Kenny

“Hello, I’m from the IRS, may I see your Government Healthcare Card, please!”


16 posted on 07/12/2016 10:54:56 AM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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“The only shock is the timing right before the election.”

Not really. Don’t be surprised if the lame duck session of Congress after the election gives Obama “immigration reform”, gun restrictions, his Supreme Court justice, a carbon tax, and a single payer healthcare system. The GOP Congress teams up with the Dems to either suck up to Hillary as she is inaugurated or to diss Trump before he takes office.


17 posted on 07/12/2016 10:55:16 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Tomorrow is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: PROCON

I thought there already was such a thing for anyone below certain income levels signing up for Obamacare... they get free insurance, subsidized by someone.


18 posted on 07/12/2016 10:57:26 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: PROCON
when it comes right down to it and all other scoundrels aside who rammed this down the American’s throats, we can all thank Chief Justice John Roberts for pissing on his oath and our Constitution and taking it upon himself to personally change the ACA law from the bench. How much more?
19 posted on 07/12/2016 11:01:30 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: Kenny

“Will this be another Obamacare where they shove it down our throats?”

It will be like Colorado’s amendment 69, so yes. Given there has been nothing put forth by the health industry in Colorado, it will likely pass because everyone sees the writing on the wall for obamacare exchanges.


20 posted on 07/12/2016 11:05:59 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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