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Senate Dems, White House United For Public Option | 48 comments (48 topical)

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by TeresaInSnow2 on Mon Oct 26, 2009 at 06:10:05 PM EST
what is this "public option" going to be and who will be eligible?

Than question is still not answered.  Until it is, Public Option is just vaporware.  

And when will it kick in? 2010 or 2013? (none / 0) (#22)
by BDB on Mon Oct 26, 2009 at 07:32:54 PM EST
But don't worry about the details, I'm sure the Democrats will look out for us in conference and it will all be good.  It's not like they recently shoveled several trillion dollars to another failing set of businesses.  

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People with no (none / 0) (#45)
by gyrfalcon on Mon Oct 26, 2009 at 11:26:56 PM EST
employer insurance now and I believe small companies will be eligible.  That hasn't changed for some time.  The final bill will presumably include some basic dimensions for the details of what must be covered, etc., but it's not going to write the policies.  That will be worked out by the non-profit board the bill establishes to create the public option.  But I think it's reasonably safe to assume it will offer pretty standard coverage.

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