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diamidue Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-25-09 05:58 PM
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30. What exactly does this mean?
By "preserving public insurance option" does he simply mean that he wants to counter Emanuel's plan to eliminate Medicare coverage?

How can Dean ask people for support when we don't even know what plan he is offering yet? I couldn't find out much about it.
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  -Howard Dean To Announce Major New Campaign On Health Care Reform kpete  Mar-25-09 12:50 PM   #0 
  - Dean backs Obama's public/private plan, which is vulnerable to insurance only.  MarjorieG   Mar-25-09 12:53 PM   #1 
  - Dean may push hard enough that the public option has to be included  dflprincess   Mar-25-09 01:09 PM   #5 
     - Oh, they know, they know. Unfortunately, they also know  Jackpine Radical   Mar-25-09 04:37 PM   #22 
     - Didn't Obama just say last night that we can't depend on financial groups  dflprincess   Mar-25-09 04:57 PM   #25 
     - You are right. Health insurance people are NOT medical professionals  AllyCat   Mar-25-09 07:30 PM   #33 
        - I never thought of it like that, but they sure are.  midnight   Mar-25-09 08:07 PM   #39 
        - That's my brother's biggest complaint:  Lydia Leftcoast   Mar-25-09 09:49 PM   #55 
     - So might as well forget about EVER having single payer health care.  SammyWinstonJack   Mar-26-09 08:35 AM   #82 
     - John Russell Advocated for Single Payer Reform In 2006 and 2008! Medicare4ALL  DaLittle Kitty   Mar-25-09 09:23 PM   #53 
     - Health insurance company's  spag68   Mar-25-09 10:09 PM   #57 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-26-09 06:42 AM   #72 
     - "....we see the Reverse Mortgage as a helpful way to safeguard the value of our homes..."  Faryn Balyncd   Mar-26-09 08:33 AM   #81 
     - Maybe they see it as a way of getting rid of "undesirables" in society  Lorien   Mar-26-09 08:56 AM   #83 
        - The Fla Legislature Is WAYY Ahead Of You! Rather Than Keep H2O Clean Put Filters On Water  DaLittle Kitty   Mar-26-09 10:29 AM   #85 
  - Outasite!  TacticalPeek   Mar-25-09 12:54 PM   #2 
  - In other news, did I miss a Surgeon General nomination?  Barack_America   Mar-25-09 01:02 PM   #3 
  - Dean told Obama he didn't want it  Larkspur   Mar-25-09 01:06 PM   #4 
  - Another Dean campaign to devote my life to.  Demobrat   Mar-25-09 01:17 PM   #6 
  - Amen Sister!  JNelson6563   Mar-25-09 08:16 PM   #41 
  - Yes, this is a doctor I can get behind  tavalon   Mar-26-09 02:47 AM   #67 
  - I can't wait to sign the petition  Pastiche423   Mar-25-09 01:23 PM   #7 
  - Agree.  Larkspur   Mar-25-09 01:39 PM   #9 
     - Hey, that's what Dean does best!  Pastiche423   Mar-25-09 01:55 PM   #10 
        - Yep, It will be mine as well  tavalon   Mar-26-09 02:48 AM   #68 
           - Please see my sig line now ;-)  Pastiche423   Mar-26-09 06:33 PM   #88 
  - Obama Forgot To Co-Opt Him  MannyGoldstein   Mar-25-09 01:37 PM   #8 
  - I "heart" Dean.  glinda   Mar-25-09 02:09 PM   #11 
  - Thank goodness for consistent ideals and practices showing up in someone, namely Dean!  earcandle   Mar-25-09 02:25 PM   #12 
  - BRAVO!  mzmolly   Mar-25-09 02:26 PM   #13 
  - A quarter of a million in the next few months? Try next few days.  Vinca   Mar-25-09 02:41 PM   #14 
  - Let's get to work, Doctor  StreetKnowledge   Mar-25-09 02:47 PM   #15 
  - Happy to hear Dean is still fighting.  bobburgster   Mar-25-09 03:35 PM   #16 
  - Welcom to DU  wryter2000   Mar-25-09 04:49 PM   #24 
  - I'll take Dr. Dean anyway I can get him.  AzDar   Mar-25-09 04:02 PM   #17 
  - Great news. Thanks for the post.  JDPriestly   Mar-25-09 04:14 PM   #18 
  - I love me some Dr. Dean!  mnhtnbb   Mar-25-09 04:27 PM   #19 
  - I'll door knock.  PassingFair   Mar-25-09 04:33 PM   #20 
  - Here's a link--Find a house party near you.  mistertrickster   Mar-25-09 04:34 PM   #21 
  - Yahoo -- sign me up  wryter2000   Mar-25-09 04:46 PM   #23 
  - Do we have a secretary of health yet?  Rosa Luxemburg   Mar-25-09 05:14 PM   #26 
  - WOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!! Now we stand a slight chance.  Doremus   Mar-25-09 05:27 PM   #27 
  - K & R!! Sign me up!!! n/t  Kermitt Gribble   Mar-25-09 05:40 PM   #28 
  - Good news, 'most every pol needs a push here and there...  burning rain   Mar-25-09 05:50 PM   #29 
  - What exactly does this mean?  diamidue   Mar-25-09 05:58 PM   #30 
  - Sent this to all my local contacts -  pinto   Mar-25-09 06:21 PM   #31 
  - Where can I send a resume!?!?  Myrina   Mar-25-09 06:37 PM   #32 
  - Where do I sign up to help?  AllyCat   Mar-25-09 07:31 PM   #34 
  - www.standwithdrdean.com  PassingFair   Mar-25-09 10:28 PM   #58 
     - Thank you! Passing this on to others!  AllyCat   Mar-25-09 11:51 PM   #62 
  - I hope this is a viable alternative to the Massachusetts mess  rockedthevoteinMA   Mar-25-09 07:35 PM   #35 
  - K&R'd -- I'm with DEAN!  snot   Mar-25-09 07:37 PM   #36 
  - Howard Dean To Announce Major New Campaign On Health Care Reform  mdmc   Mar-25-09 07:41 PM   #37 
  - I wonder if this...  nankerphelge   Mar-25-09 07:56 PM   #38 
  - Dream on...  PassingFair   Mar-25-09 09:02 PM   #49 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-26-09 04:39 AM   #70 
  - He'll be more effective this way  varelse   Mar-25-09 08:10 PM   #40 
  - How I love that man!  JNelson6563   Mar-25-09 08:17 PM   #42 
  - I'm Howard Dean and I'm here to represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party  depakid   Mar-25-09 08:33 PM   #43 
  - Yes Dean can!  JFKfanforever   Mar-26-09 07:13 AM   #76 
  - thank you Doctor Dean....n/t  unkachuck   Mar-25-09 08:40 PM   #44 
  - Go Howard!  nradisic   Mar-25-09 08:49 PM   #45 
  - We love you Howard, oh yes we do...Universal Health Care (Single Payer) for all!  GreenTea   Mar-25-09 08:49 PM   #46 
  - All Right!  Upfront   Mar-25-09 08:54 PM   #47 
  - Go Dean! Maybe this all worked out for the best.  ContinentalOp   Mar-25-09 09:01 PM   #48 
  - Great call...but what I wanna know...  PassingFair   Mar-25-09 09:03 PM   #50 
  - not sure about medicare  padia   Mar-25-09 10:08 PM   #56 
     - I'd like to know how we can afford trillions for wars and bailouts  Jeep789   Mar-26-09 07:19 AM   #77 
  - It is beyond pathetic that Dean, abandoned by the President who he helped put in power,  debbierlus   Mar-25-09 09:17 PM   #51 
  - Here, put this on.  Brucie Kibbutz   Mar-25-09 09:46 PM   #54 
  - Good. Need someone outside the system to get things moving.  Clear Blue Sky   Mar-25-09 09:18 PM   #52 
  - This is perfect, actually  Joshua N   Mar-25-09 10:40 PM   #59 
  - Good for Dr. Dean  Canuckistanian   Mar-25-09 10:42 PM   #60 
  - Dr. Dean has taken the temperature of the American public.  Bozita   Mar-25-09 11:29 PM   #61 
  - Dr. Dean = More Cowbell! n/t  JTFrog   Mar-26-09 07:34 AM   #78 
  - Good because I have the feeling that the administration won't go far enough  craigmatic   Mar-26-09 12:32 AM   #63 
  - KICK ... to read tomorrow -- love Howard Dean!!!  defendandprotect   Mar-26-09 12:35 AM   #64 
  - Man we owe that guy big. n/t knr  wroberts189   Mar-26-09 12:37 AM   #65 
  - Leave the criminal insurance companies out!  farmboxer   Mar-26-09 01:55 AM   #66 
  - Go Howard  griz2008   Mar-26-09 03:41 AM   #69 
  - This may be why Reid is trying to rush a health care bill through fast  kaygore   Mar-26-09 04:41 AM   #71 
  - Looks like Obama did us a favor by not appointing Dean  Jeep789   Mar-26-09 06:46 AM   #73 
  - And here is the link to sign, volunteer, and/or donate  Phoebe Loosinhouse   Mar-26-09 06:51 AM   #74 
  - That deserves another k&r  Jeep789   Mar-26-09 07:07 AM   #75 
     - Thank you. Link is also posted as its own thread in GD  Phoebe Loosinhouse   Mar-26-09 08:08 AM   #79 
  - i'll stand with him in Nevada... in California... in New York... ahhhhhh! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !  happygoluckytoyou   Mar-26-09 08:19 AM   #80 
  - Go Doc Go!  shagsak   Mar-26-09 08:56 AM   #84 
  - I want to push him farther than that  eridani   Mar-26-09 12:52 PM   #86 
  - I signed last night..and  fadedrose   Mar-26-09 01:27 PM   #87 
 

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