SPSO

Bob Fertik August 03, 2009

Single Payer State Option

Plan

  1. Keep Kucinich Amendment in House Bill
    • 3-Committee reconciliation: Rangel, Miller, Waxman (Pelosi, Hoyer, BlueDogs, NewDems, Progressives)
    • Rules Committee
  2. Add Sanders Amendment to Senate Bill
    • Baucus/Grassley
    • Reid/Durbin
  3. Conference

Coalition

National-In National-Ask? State-In State-Ask

AfterDowningStreet.org
CalNurses.org
Democrats.com
NOW
PDAmerica.org
PEN

AccountabilityNow
AmericaBlog
BoldProgressives
BraveNewFilms
CodePink
ColorOfChange
CongressMatters
CrooksandLiars
Credo
DFA
DownWithTyranny
FireDogLake
HipHop
IPS
Michael Moore
Moveon
OpenLeft.com
OurFuture.org
PublicCitizen
TrueMajority		    

Congress

House-In House-Ask? Senate-In Senate-Ask

 

Kucinich
McDermott
Weiner		   Sanders

 

Questions

  • Policy: How many states want to eliminate private insurance?
  • Economics: How much would it cost a state to switch?
  • Law: Is it really necessary to change ERISA to allow states to adopt single payer? Or is single-payer not "insurance"?