NO MANDATE w/o A PUBLIC OPTION!

[johnaries]

Many of you know me as an Obama "cheerleader". I have stated many times that I support a mandate because I believe that (without Single Payer) that's the only way to ensure anything approaching Universal Health Coverage.

HOWEVER. I can not and will not support a mandate unless the anti-trust exemption is revoked and we have a viable Public Option.

Now, I would like to point out that the Insurance companies LOVE the mandate. I would also like to point out that they are the ones who really killed the PO in the Senate version of the bill. So, I wonder if Reid et al stated that they would remove the mandate if there were no Public Option how quickly the PO would be put back in.

[Cant trust em]

1. We have a winner! nt

[Ozymanithrax]

2. It is my hope that a public option will be brought back in conference...

That is, if it gets passed with both the right and the left now opposing health care (though for different reasons).

[tomm2thumbs]

3. There are other issues - stopping States from having public health care, etc

this is a giveaway to corporate interests and they know it - that is why they fear what Dr. Dean and many others now are saying.

[midnight]

4. This bill has more twists and turns and dark caves where all the loop holes hide.

Do you mind explaining what the anti-trust exemption would mean if it is revoked and we have a viable Public Option-thanks.

[Richardo]

5. No ban on pre-existing conditions without a mandate!

That's the way it is, kids.

[Laelth]

6. Hear, hear! k&r n/t

:dem:

-Laelth