Hi, Owen, What is described here is the House Bill. What just passed doesn't, for instance, have a public option, although it may have a trojan horse.
Publicly chartered co-operatives??? N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([email protected]) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > [Original Message] > From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Date: 12/24/2009 10:26:18 AM > Subject: [FRIAM] Health Bill Summary > > Given that the just-passed health bill is huge, I went looking for a > summary. This appears reasonably complete, at least in the aims of > the bill: > http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/hr3200_summary.pdf > > Any other good summary appreciated! > > One question: does anyone understand why health insurance is state- > based? I.e. if you move to a new state, you have to get new insurance > based on that state's insurance providers, and not all providers sell > in particular states. > > -- Owen > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
