Reid to Back ‘Opt-Out’ Public Option Reid to Back ‘Opt-Out’ Public Option
Sen. Harry Reid will introduce a healthcare reform bill including an "opt-out" public option--grounds for disappointment, says Ari Melber.
The Public Option Lives! Big Victory for Progressives The Public Option Lives! Big Victory for Progressives
Harry Reid just announced that he'll include a public option (with a provision that allows individual states to opt out of it) in the version of the health care bill he brings to ...
Oct 26, 2009 / Blog / Chris Hayes
The Future of the Public Option The Future of the Public Option
Chris Hayes, The Nation's Washington editor, clears up some of the confusion regarding the future of the public option.
Oct 26, 2009 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
The Tide Is Turning on Healthcare Reform The Tide Is Turning on Healthcare Reform
In the past month, momentum on healthcare reform has unmistakably shifted as progressives have taken to the streets, the Internet and the halls of Congress to push for a bold plan.
Oct 23, 2009 / Feature / Peter Dreier
A City Unbottled: Mary Beard’s Pompeii A City Unbottled: Mary Beard’s Pompeii
In The Fires of Vesuvius, Mary Beard unearths the seedier realities of the Roman social and political experience.
Oct 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Joy Connolly
Crafting Health Reform Crafting Health Reform
Healthcare reform is looking less like a fantasy and more like a probability--but we need to keep a close watch on affordability, financing and the public option.
Oct 21, 2009 / Editorial / J. Lester Feder
Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea
Max Baucus's scheme to tax the benefits of workers slightly better off--so revenue can be raised for private insurance subsidies--is a lose-lose proposition.
Oct 21, 2009 / Editorial / Steve Early and Rand Wilson
Pelosi Champions the Public Option Pelosi Champions the Public Option
A Congressional Budget Office report suggesting that a robust public option would actually cut the deficit seems to have lit a fire under Speaker Pelosi.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Will Congress Pass a Strong Public Option? Will Congress Pass a Strong Public Option?
Author Sharon Lerner and Rep. Raul Grijalva discuss flaws in the Senate Finance Committee's health bill and increased popular support for a public option.
Is Congress Opting Out of Real Reform? Is Congress Opting Out of Real Reform?
Is the so-called opt-out provision a worthy compromise for progressives who've already compromised just to get to a discussion of a public option?