I don't know. That's deeper in the weeds than I've gotten so far on the legislation.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Michael Perelman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Would the trigger represent a way to meet his requirements? Would the > trigger come in 3 years after he is gone? > > > On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 10:17:43PM -0400, Max B. Sawicky wrote: >> Putting on my rose-colored glasses, I think people may be >> misinterpreting BHO's >> apparent equivocation about the public option. The way he layed it >> out was an >> explicit challenge to the other side to propose some alternative way >> of generating >> competition -- multiple providers -- where there currently is none. >> There is no such way. >> Note also BHO's definition of lack of competition was markets with as >> few as five providers >> Of health insurance. That's a pretty broad characterization. It >> makes it easy to >> justify a public option. >> >> Bottom line is the White House wants a bill and if they have to >> relinquish the >> public option, which in its present form(s) is not that big a deal, >> they will. >> And I don't think you could blame them. A health insurance exchange >> for the >> uninsured and the uninsurable would be a good thing. >> >> I was more concerned about the pledge to veto anything that added "a >> dime" to the >> deficit. That looks like a tough thing to wiggle out of. Kind of >> like his campaign >> promise to not raise any taxes on anybody earning less than $250K. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > michaelperelman.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
