Comments on: Say it ain’t so, Joe (Lieberman just makes up healthcare data)

By: Joe White

Joe White — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:58:51 +0000

my bad , 2000.

By: Joe White

Joe White — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:57:57 +0000

Is that why Dems put him on the ticket as their VP pick in 2004?

By: ecthompson

ecthompson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:26:16 +0000

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:46:03 +0000

Lieberbush is one of the most corrupt politicians in Washington. He is bought and paid for by Big Oil, the banksters, the mercenary corporations, arms merchants, the HMOs, the health insurers, and who knows how many other monied interests.

He should just have a tattoo saying “For Sale” put on his forehead and be done with it.

By: Joe White

Joe White — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:47:27 +0000

It is in the AP story that I linked earlier.

By: ecthompson

ecthompson — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:12:05 +0000

Which CBO paper did you get this from. I can't find that at all.

By: Joe White

Joe White — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:23:59 +0000

I’ll bet you’re really excited then that the CBO says people enrolling in the public option will pay more than those with private insurance.

And like it or not we do have to consider whether it’s a level playing field.

The overall effect on the economy must be taken into account because you dont treat patients in a vaccuum.

By: ecthompson

ecthompson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:32 +0000

What I’m trying to do is deliver cost-effective medical care. The question isn’t whether or the playing field will be even or uneven. The question is will this be more cost-effective for Americans? I think the answer is clearly yes.

By: Joe White

Joe White — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:27:34 +0000

An AP story says “the government would offer competing coverage and consumers could shop for the policy that best met their needs……………The Congressional Budget Office said the result would be fees comparable to those doctors receive from private insurers. But for consumers, government-backed plans “would typically have premiums that are somewhat higher than the average premiums for private plans” sold in competition.”

Nice public option, Dems.

By: askcherlock

askcherlock — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:38:40 +0000

Lieberman is off his rocker. Perhaps he has become so accustomed to being on the fence, he takes a stand that is not only implausible, but could stop the HCR from going forward witha public option. Without that, what’s the point?

By: Joe White

Joe White — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:57:32 +0000

The ‘public option’ won’t ‘compete on a level playing field’

If it is setup or maintained or administered using taxpayer dollars, that is not ‘a level playing field’.

Can you make the argument that not one taxpayer dollar will be used to setup or maintain or administer the ‘public option’?

No, you can’t.