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July 2, 2009
The AMA Now Supports the Public Option
(CNN) — The new president of the American Medical Association, which represents the interests of the nation’s doctors, said Wednesday the group is open to a government-funded health insurance option for people without coverage.Dr. J. James Rohack told CNN that the AMA supports an “American model” that includes both “a private system and a public system, working together.”
So 75-ish percent of the American people support the public option. The American Medical Association supports the public option. Where's Congress?
Adding... Call the Coalition of the Corrupt and Spineless and let them know. Phone numbers after the jump...
The Coalition of the Corrupt & Spineless:
Harry Reid (just because)
Phone: 202-224-3542
Fax: 202-224-7327
Email
Max Baucus
Phone: 202-224-2651
Fax: 202-224-0515
Email
Jeff Bingaman
Phone: (202) 224-5521
Email
Blanche Lincoln
Phone: (202) 224-4843
Fax: (202) 228-1371
Email
Mary Landrieu
Phone: (202)224-5824
Fax: (202) 224-9735
Email
Kent Conrad
Phone: (202) 224-2043
Fax: (202) 224-7776
Email
Joe Lieberman
Phone: (202) 224-4041
Fax: (202) 224-9750
Email
Evan Bayh
Phone: (202) 224-5623
Fax: (202) 228-1377
Email
Ben Nelson
Phone: (202) 224-6551
Fax: 202-228-0012
Bill Nelson
Phone: 202-224-5274
Fax: 202-228-2183
Email
Chuck Schumer (offering a "compromised" public option)
Phone: (202) 224-6542
Fax: (202) 228-3027
Email
THE WHITE HOUSE
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
Email
John Kerry
(202) 224-2742 - Phone
(202) 224-8525 - Fax
Email
Dianne Feinstein
Phone: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
Email
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Posted By Bob Cesca | July 2, 2009 7:19 AM
Comments
According to TPM this is NOT TRUE..
In this segment, however, Rohack is not endorsing a public option. He's endorsing a system of managed competition that provides members of Congress and other federal employees a choice of heavily regulated private insurance plans. In the FEHBP, the government is not the insurance provider as it would be in the case of a public option--and that's a substantial difference.
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at July 2, 2009 12:07 PM
