POTUS Supports U.S Health Care Exchange

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Linda Douglas (former Tweety Alum), said the key is the exchange, and that can be achieved with a public option

so, what would a health care exchange look like, similar to a stock exchange


1) takes insurance regulation out of states and puts in in fed govt., including insurance agent testing, like series 7.
in order for insurance companies to operate in U.S they would have to join the exchange, stop preexisting conditions ban



2)indiv. and employers can negotiate and bid for the lowest health care price, the price of healthcare is determined by the burgeonings power of the customers


that's what obama and linda (tweety) douglas mean by public option, not what you and i mean



remember obama has not been for universal health care

just: "you should have the same kind of healthcare that i have as a member of congress"


http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jul/30/chain-email/health-care-exchange-governments-way-regulating-in/

[NYC_SKP]

1. Actually, here's what he said about an exchange and the public option.

Exchange includes private insurers.
Public Option not the same as Universal.

So what we’ve said is, let’s set up what’s called a health insurance exchange. It’s essentially a marketplace where you could go online and you’d have a menu of options, most of them private insurers — Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield — insurance companies that wanted to participate, and they would list a range of plans just like when Mike and Mark want to get health insurance as members of the Senate, they go on to this exchange for federal health care — for federal employees, and they select which plan works best for their families.

So we want everybody to be able to access that and choose which plan works best for them. And if they can’t afford it, even though we’d have a lot of bargaining power, we’d be able to get the same kinds of rates that really big companies are able to get or the federal system is able to get, some people will still not be able to afford it, and then we would provide some subsidies. And there would be certain rules governing any insurance company that’s participating: You couldn’t exclude for preexisting conditions; you couldn’t have a lifetime cap; you’d have to limit out-of-pocket expenses. So all the insurance rules that I talked about, that would be part of the deal if you as an insurer wanted to sell insurance through this exchange.

So far, so good. The argument around public option is, should one of the choices — not the only choice — but one of the choices on that exchange be a public option? And the idea here would be that a government-run non-for-profit would have its own option that people could sign up for — they wouldn’t have to, but they could sign up for it — and if it could keep its costs lower and provide a good-quality service and good benefits, then that would help keep the insurance companies honest — (applause) — because the idea being — the idea being that as a non-for-profit, potentially with lower administrative costs, they could do a good job.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/08/15/transcript-of-president-obamas-town-hall-meeting-on-health-care/

:patriot:

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4. Ezra

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/06/health_insurance_exchanges_the.html

[Adelante]

2. He's always been for universal health care

You may be thinking of single payer. He favors single payer if starting a system from scratch, is what he has said. But he has always been for universal health care.

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3. hillary

didn't think so in the campaign


i support health care exchanges, put with the fed also included in the exchange

[Adelante]

5. Hillary was running against him

She knew he was for universal health care. That was politics.