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What the other “public option” can teach us

March 17, 2010 Renee Shur Good government, Health care, Infrastructure Leave a comment

Community-owned-and-operated utilities are among America’s longest-running “public options.” So before writing off the healthcare public option completely and seeing it consigned to the junk

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New bill offers “Medicare for more”

March 11, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Government, Health care 4 comments

We won’t get “Medicare for everyone” in the current healthcare bill, and Rep. Dennis Kucinich may vote “no” because of that. And we may

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