Reid, Senate Democrats working on public option Plan B for health care reform bill

	Because of reports that certain moderates in the Senate will not vote for a health care reform bill if it contains a public option, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has tapped Sen. Thomas . . . more

Opt-outs (CANSPAM-compliant)

I'm a fan of Sunstein & Thaler's theory of behavioral economics. Opting out on the state level, as applied to the public option health care debate:

But what’s encouraging [is] how the debate seems to have shifted from whether or not a public plan will be included, to what the public plan will actually look like. Perhaps it’s just because the “public plan” under discussion has transformed from its original, Jacob Hacker-designed incarnation to the host of watered-down compromises that are now on the table. But the fact that we’ve moved from discussing the viability of having a bill at all to trying to hammer out the details is a promising sign overall.

Interesting. I thought the public option was dead at this point. Apparently not.

I'm not fully convinced either way, but I will tell you that the more I hear, read, and learn about it, the more I think that a public option is a remarkably good thing to have.

But, hate it or love it, the public option is still a-kickin'.

Health Care Reform PSA Video with Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, and others

Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Donald Faison, and other actors have teamed up with the folks over at MoveOn.org and Funny or Die to put together . . . more