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Senator Kent Conrad (Shill-Insurance Industry) continues to bang away at his One Man Band for Health Care Co-ops, as an alternative to a Public Option. Unfortunately the President and others are starting to listen. Conrad's visceral fear of a Public Option should come as no surprise: just in the 2009-10 cycle Conrad's received almost 3/4 of a Million $$$ in donations/bribes from "Health" PACs and industry-related individuals. . . so far.
So he's pushing some kind of convoluted "Co-op" program:
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"[P]rivate, consumer-owned, non-profit cooperatives that would provide affordable health care to families, individuals and small businesses."
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According to Conrad, this "bridges the gap" between the GOP-endorsed status quo and the Public Option. Of course the Public Option bridges the gap between the status quo and Single Payer. Conrad is a tool of the Health Insurance Industry. Let's get that straight from the start.