Rep. Stephen Lynch is not yet a co-sponsor of The Medicare Buy-in Bill

[Ian David]

In an impassioned speech on the House floor on Tuesday, Representative AlanGrayson, recounted how when his first child was born, his insurance company refused to pay the $10,000 dollar cost. a four-page bill can be seen here in all it's simplicity and transparency. Here's part of Grayson's speech:Grayson: Isn't it time that we finally did something good for America? Isn't it time that we gave all Americans the right to buy into a public plan like this? Isn't it in fact past time that we did something like that and what's the harm? I say to those people on the other side of the aisle, if you don't want to buy into the public option, that's fine. But don't prevent me and my family and the ones who I love from doing the same. Let us have our alternative. And remember, remember what you said so many times before. You say the government can't do anything right. Well let's see. Let's see right now. Let's let people buy into the public option, this bill.

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/03/10/alan-graysons-four-page-medicare-buy-in-bill-introduced

As quixotic efforts go, I’ll take Alan Grayson’s HR 4789, a four page bill which “allows any American to buy into Medicare at cost.” You cannot possibly get more simple than that, it would not add one cent to the federal deficit, and it would offer people the option of purchasing Medicare (and its provider network) or purchasing an insurance product from a private company.

More:
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/alan-grayson-s-four-page-medicare-buy-bill-introduced

Contact Stephen Lynch:
http://www.house.gov/lynch/contact.shtml