Obamacare 2.0: Obama Calls for Revisiting the Public Option

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Obamacare 2.0: Obama Calls for Revisiting the Public Option

By JOSH LEDERMAN AND RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Jul 11, 2016, 5:03 PM ET

President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law, including a renewed call for a "public option" to let Americans buy insurance from the government.

Obama's assessment of the Affordable Care Act comes in an eight-page article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a peer-reviewed publication. The article debuted Monday on the journal's website, and Obama plans to echo the themes in public events and speeches in the coming weeks.

Replete with academic-style citations, the article is largely a self-congratulatory look at what Obama sees as the accomplishments of his law: millions of Americans who have gained coverage, slower growth in overall health costs and better coordination of care to improve quality.

Yet it's also a memo for Democrat Hillary Clinton on how she can build on his legacy if elected president. Obama's latest ideas are likely to be dismissed by Republicans, who remain committed to repealing the health care law. In polls, "Obamacare" continues to divide the public.

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Related: United States Health Care Reform - Progress to Date and Next Steps (Journal of the American Medical Association)

[welivetotreadonkings]

1. Fabulous news, and a very bold move.

"A public health insurance option would stop well-short of the government-run system that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders turned into a rallying cry of his campaign. But some liberals believe it could be a steppingstone."

This, I think, could happen. People will see that the sky wouldn't fall under a health care system with more government intervention. Let's get out the vote so we can take back Congress and get this moving.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. And the Mellon Heads over in Rethug land are

exploding. Flying Puss Alert!!!!!