Waiting for the Elephant: Healthcare

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Progressive Talk Show Host Ed Schultz says that President Obama's backroom deals are leading to a trigger and denying a public option in which real competition can be created, all in the hopes of attaching a Republican or two to the healthcare reform bill in this video.

Senate Moves Ahead with Co-op & State's Opt-Out Rights

Creative Sprint Inspires Insurers to Embrace Competition

Heather Graham embodies an energized and healthy government sponsored public health insurance option in a race with health care insurance company execs who seem to have forgotten the benefits of competition. It's a very hopeful and funny ad campaign for public option.

Pelosi Goes Back to the Matresses for Public Option

From THE HILL:

“I don't even want to talk about a trigger,” Pelosi said at her weekly press conference. She said the “attitude” of her fellow Democrats is that “a trigger is an excuse for not doing anything.”

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Don't Mess with Health Care Executives' American Dream

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

MoveOn.org Political Action brings us this bit of satirical political humor from Will Ferrell and friends.