Comments on: YWC!LI Rally for a Strong Public Option http://www.yeswecanli.org/2009/09/04/ywcli-rally-for-a-strong-public-option/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ywcli-rally-for-a-strong-public-option Long Islanders Spreading Hope and Change Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:32:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phil http://www.yeswecanli.org/2009/09/04/ywcli-rally-for-a-strong-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 Phil Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:29:58 +0000 http://www.yeswecanli.org/?p=495#comment-1898 Perhaps we all need to give the public option a better name. A name that everyone will recognize instantly. A name that the tea baggers can’t use to scare seniors and others who fear that the public option is worse than their current insurance plan. Let’s call it "Medicare plus". “Medicare plus” would be for those who don’t have health insurance but are not yet 65. It could be used by those who never had health care insurance, or those who lose their health care when they lose their job or those who are dropped by insurance companies because they have expensive health issues and the insurance companies won’t make a profit. Perhaps we all need to give the public option a better name. A name that everyone will recognize instantly. A name that the tea baggers can’t use to scare seniors and others who fear that the public option is worse than their current insurance plan. Let’s call it “Medicare plus”.

“Medicare plus” would be for those who don’t have health insurance but are not yet 65. It could be used by those who never had health care insurance, or those who lose their health care when they lose their job or those who are dropped by insurance companies because they have expensive health issues and the insurance companies won’t make a profit.

]]> By: Phil http://www.yeswecanli.org/2009/09/04/ywcli-rally-for-a-strong-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 Phil Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:17:10 +0000 http://www.yeswecanli.org/?p=495#comment-1897 The public option is critical to help to control run away costs which are non sustainable but let’s not forget : -the need for portability -the need to ban pre-existing conditions -the need for universal coverage The public option is critical to help to control run away costs which are non sustainable but let’s not forget :
-the need for portability
-the need to ban pre-existing conditions
-the need for universal coverage

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