{"id":189574,"date":"2010-03-10T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2010\/03\/10\/but-note-strident-does-not-mean-crazy\/"},"modified":"2010-03-10T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T02:00:00","slug":"but-note-strident-does-not-mean-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2010\/03\/10\/but-note-strident-does-not-mean-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"But Note: Strident Does not Mean Crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Case in point, Alan Grayson, and his Public Option Act<\/a>, which require the Secretary of HHS to set up a medicare buy-in at cost.<\/p>\n

It’s only 4 pages long, and I’d love to see it hit the floor, because it would seriously<\/span> jam-up the ‘Phants and the Blue Dogs.<\/p>\n

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H\/t C&L<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Full press release after break.
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GRAYSON INTRODUCES PUBLIC OPTION ACT
Bill Opens Up Medicare To Anyone Who Can Pay For It <\/i> <\/p>\n

March 9, 2010<\/p>\n

Washington, DC<\/p>\n

Congressman Alan Grayson, D-Fla., today introduced a bill (H.R. 4789) which would give the option to buy into Medicare to every citizen of the United States. The \u201cPublic Option Act,\u201d also known as the \u201cMedicare You Can Buy Into Act,\u201d would open up the Medicare network to anyone who can pay for it.<\/p>\n

Congressman Grayson said, \u201cObviously, America wants and needs more competition in health coverage, and a public option offers that. But it\u2019s just as important that we offer people not just another choice, but another kind<\/u> of choice. A lot of people don\u2019t want to be at the mercy of greedy insurance companies that will make money by denying them the care that they need to stay healthy, or to stay alive. We deserve to have a real alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish enrollment periods, coverage guidelines, and premiums for the program. Because premiums would be equal to cost, the program would pay for itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government spent billions of dollars creating a Medicare network of providers that is only open to one-eighth of the population. That\u2019s like saying, \u2018Only people 65 and over can use federal highways.\u2019 It is a waste of a very valuable resource and it is not fair. This idea is simple, it makes sense, and it deserves an up-or-down vote,\u201d Congressman Grayson said. <\/p>\n

In keeping with the \u201cGrayson style,\u201d the bill is clear and concise. It is only four pages. You can read the bill here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Case in point, Alan Grayson, and his Public Option Act, which require the Secretary of HHS to set up a medicare buy-in at cost. It’s only 4 pages long, and I’d love to see it hit the floor, because it would seriously jam-up the ‘Phants and the Blue Dogs. H\/t C&L. Full press release after …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[998,1046,1020,1027],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress","category-healthcare","category-legislation","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}