Hillary Now Supports the Public Option

[Frodo]

Hillary Clinton Takes a Step to the Left on Health Care

By ALAN RAPPEPORT and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
MAY 10, 2016

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[Figueira]

I thought she did already?

[Blue3]

I thought she did already?

You're correct.

This is months-old.

[Ebsy]

She's always supported the public option. People keep writing articles acting like this is a new thing, but it has been true since the 2008 campaign and even as far back as HillaryCare in the 1990s.

[Asian Nazi]

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The Berniebot propaganda machine is so pervasive that I'm expecting a "Hillary Now Opposes Eating Babies" thread any day now.

[SillyAmerican]

The Berniebot propaganda machine is so pervasive that I'm expecting a "Hillary Now Opposes Eating Babies" thread any day now.

As far as I know, Hillary has never come out against eating babies. 

[Frodo]

She's always supported the public option. People keep writing articles acting like this is a new thing, but it has been true since the 2008 campaign and even as far back as HillaryCare in the 1990s.

Then how did the New York Times miss it? 

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

She's always supported the public option. People keep writing articles acting like this is a new thing, but it has been true since the 2008 campaign and even as far back as HillaryCare in the 1990s.

Did she?  I don't recall the public option being a feature of either Obama's or Hillary's healthcare plans in 2008, although the latter was more aggressive in that it included a universal mandate (which is ultimately what became Obamacare) whereas Obama's initial plan only included a mandate for children.  The 90s plan also featured employer mandates instead of a government plan.  If anything, the public option is a fairly new aspect of Democratic healthcare proposals.

[Mr. Morden]

From February of this year:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-health-care-bernie-sanders-219643

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[Ebsy]

The public option was a central part of Hillarycare, and Obama attacked Clinton for supporting the public option during a debate in 2008. I don't know why this forum struggles so much with accepting reality.

[IceSpear]

She always has.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Actually, Obama did mention a public option in the plan he campaigned on.  It wasn't a huge issue either way, even where healthcare was concerned.