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Lieberman Would Prefer 'Nothing' To Health Care Reform With
A Public Option
By Matt Corley on Nov 1st, 2009 at 11:40 am
For months now, media critics like Media Matters' Jamison
Foser have pointed out that the press have often
demonstrated a double standard when questioning opponents
and proponents of the public option, only asking advocates
about whether they think it is "better to have nothing than
to have a plan that does not include the public option." On
CBS' Face The Nation today, however, host Bob Schieffer put
the question to Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who claims that
he is "all for health care reform, but is threatening to
join a Republican filibuster to stop any reform bill that
has a public option.
"But wouldn't that mean that you might wind up with nothing
instead of something?" asked Schieffer. Lieberman responded
by saying that supporters of the public option are "stopping
us from getting something done" because they're making the
option "the litmus test." Pressed again by Schieffer,
Lieberman admitted that he would prefer "nothing":
SCHIEFFER: But is what you're also saying is that nothing is
better than a government health insurance, or a health
insurance reform that includes a public option? Nothing is
better than that?
LIEBERMAN: Well, the truth is that nothing is better than
that because I think we ought to follow, if I may, the
doctor's oath in Congress as we deal with health care
reform, do no harm.
To support his claim that the public option would do harm,
Lieberman said that the Congressional Budget Office found
that under the House's health care plan, premiums for the
public option would be higher than the average premium in
private plans in the exchange. But as TPMDC's Brian Beutler
reported, this is actually an argument for a more robust
public option. Watch it:
In his discussion with Schieffer, Lieberman acted as though
the public option was the only thing stopping him from
supporting health care reform. But this ignores the fact
that Lieberman opposed the Baucus bill last month, which did
not contain a public option. Apparently, Lieberman truly
just wants "nothing" when it comes to health care reform.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/01/liberman-nothing-public-option/
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