Comments on: WaPo – Public Option Health Care Nixed in Senate Finance? http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/06/19/wapo-%e2%80%93-public-option-health-care-nixed-in-senate-finance/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:11:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Converting To Not For Profit Status http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/06/19/wapo-%e2%80%93-public-option-health-care-nixed-in-senate-finance/#comment-38141 Converting To Not For Profit Status Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:06:19 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/06/19/wapo-%e2%80%93-public-option-health-care-nixed-in-senate-finance/#comment-38141 Congressman John Conyers’ HR 676, “United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act,” includes the following language: “No institution may be a participating provider unless it is a public or not-for-profit institution. Private physicians, private clinics, and private health care providers shall continue to operate as private entities, but are prohibited from being investor owned… For-profit providers of care opting to participate shall be required to convert to not-for-profit status.” Congressman John Conyers’ HR 676, “United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act,” includes the following language:

“No institution may be a participating provider unless it is a public or not-for-profit institution. Private physicians, private clinics, and private health care providers shall continue to operate as private entities, but are prohibited from being investor owned… For-profit providers of care opting to participate shall be required to convert to not-for-profit status.”

]]> By: WTF is A 'Public Option'? http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/06/19/wapo-%e2%80%93-public-option-health-care-nixed-in-senate-finance/#comment-38067 WTF is A 'Public Option'? Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:05:56 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/06/19/wapo-%e2%80%93-public-option-health-care-nixed-in-senate-finance/#comment-38067 click on link for the discussion draft from the House. 800+ pages! click on link for the discussion draft from the House. 800+ pages!

]]> By: Keith http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/06/19/wapo-%e2%80%93-public-option-health-care-nixed-in-senate-finance/#comment-38057 Keith Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:55:12 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/06/19/wapo-%e2%80%93-public-option-health-care-nixed-in-senate-finance/#comment-38057 interesting video interview with Merrill Goozner who says Fee-For-Service Must Go!. interesting video interview with Merrill Goozner who says Fee-For-Service Must Go!.

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