Monday, August 17, 2009

Dean: Health Reform Won't Happen Without Public Option

The public option is not dead as the media promoted yesterday.
Howard Dean explains. The house will pass a version with a public option. But the bill has to get out of the Senate and Kent Conrad doesn't want a public option, so the Senate will pass a bill without the public option. Then the House and Senate bills will be reconciled and the public option will be put back in. But Dean says the republicans will continue their obstruction tactics.
Dean explains the politics of health reform on Morning Joe:
Dean on the Today Show says to think of the public option as Medicare or the Veterans program:
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