Obama Finally Tells Us What He Really Thinks About Health Care

Are you confused about where our President stands on health care?
Do you wonder what all these terms like nuclear option, cooperatives and single payer system mean?
Well, listen to this brief address from Obama. It might clear up some of your questions...

We're Making a Difference!?!? UPDATE

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Seems like the "public option off the table" is no longer on the table.

Some Democrats Push for Keeping Public Insurance Option

"The White House on Monday sought to allay concerns by emphasizing that President Obama still supported a so-called public option and had not decided whether to drop that concept to make legislation more palatable to moderate Democrats. The president will avoid committing to either path until at least next month, aides said, in hopes of keeping the issue from overtaking the entire health care debate."

Apparently our government still thinks that we work for them....so we have to keep fighting to have our voices heard. Make sure to keep sending emails, writing letters and calling your Congressmen and women.

Don't forget that this Saturday there is a RECESS RALLY going on near you!! In Miami we will be setting up camp at 4 p.m., 87th Ave and SW 40th St (Bird Rd.). Click here to start your search for a Recess Rally near you...

We're Making a Difference!?!?

Seems like there is some good news today!! Sunday is the day that new information for the week makes it's way to the public forum and it seems that this weeks talking points are good for the conservative cause.

• The administration is now realizing that "there are not the votes in the United States Senate for the public option. There never have been..." according to Sen Conrad (D-N.D.) who was working on the bill.

• Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius also said on CNN's 'State of the Union' that the public option is "not the essential element" in the reform effort.

• White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said "What I am saying is the bottom line for this for the president is, what we have to have is choice and competition in the insurance market"

• Others like Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama are now agreeing that this move is "something we should look at."

• They are now looking at nonprofit insurance cooperatives instead of the public option.

• According to Wikipedia a cooperative is a "autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. It is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit. A cooperative may also be defined as a business owned and controlled equally by the people who use its services or who work at it. Cooperative enterprises are the focus of study in the field of cooperative economics"

Here are some articles:
Public Option Losing Steam? White House Open to Health Care Reform Without Government Plan
Obama Wavering on 'Public Option' for Healthcare
Sebelius: Public insurance option not essential
White House appears ready to drop 'public option'