Jim Cooper: Uncovered

Cooper, Blue Dogs Win, Keep "Robust" Public Option Out of House Health Care Bill

Chalk this up as a major win for Jim Cooper and his corporate health insurance industry contributors, and a loss for his constituents in desperate need of bold health care reform - Blue Dogs have defeated the most robust public option in the House:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is to unveil a health overhaul bill Thursday that includes the public health insurance option favored by her party's centrists.

Pelosi (D-Calif.) will introduce a plan similar to what a group of Blue Dog Democrats negotiated in July to get a healthcare bill out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. The proposal calls for the officials who run the public plan to negotiate rates individually with physicians and hospitals.

Jon Walker's take at FDL Action:

The Blue Dogs fought hard and they won a big victory for the for-profit health insurance companies. If I were an insurance company CEO, I would be writing each of them a very large thank you note (i.e. a campaign contribution). Of course, today was a huge defeat for the American taxpayer, serious health care reform, and working class Americans who are going to be denied a robust public option which could have saved them thousands of dollars.

Indeed, Rep. Cooper had been strongly opposed to a robust public option tied to Medicare rates, despite strong support for a public option from his constituents. Back in June, Jim Cooper and the Blue Dogs attempted to stall progress on health care reform specifically over the issue of making sure rates were not tied to Medicare (and would therefore be less effective in driving down costs).

And you can already see the health care industry "thank you notes" to Jim Cooper starting to pile up here -- with many more sure to arrive in the coming weeks and months.

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