Comments on: Treat It Here, Treat It Now http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/19/health-now/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jps http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/19/health-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2944 jps Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:59:37 +0000 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/19/health-now/#comment-2944 Simply opening up the federal employees' health insurance system to all U.S. residents and paying to enroll them if they want to switch from their current plan was the bold plan we were offered by Obama in the debates, but what's so audacious about it? Why does it need legislation even? It's an executive branch-run plan, subject to executive orders. Simply opening up the federal employees’ health insurance system to all U.S. residents and paying to enroll them if they want to switch from their current plan was the bold plan we were offered by Obama in the debates, but what’s so audacious about it? Why does it need legislation even? It’s an executive branch-run plan, subject to executive orders.

]]> By: S1 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/19/health-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2940 S1 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:34:28 +0000 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/19/health-now/#comment-2940 It's called multitasking, and Obama can do it. The question is, do Democrats have the will? Our society -- to say nothing of our economy -- needs bold, audacious plans. Now is the time -- there's a very small window of opportunity before all of Congress goes into pre-2010 election timidity mode. It’s called multitasking, and Obama can do it. The question is, do Democrats have the will?

Our society — to say nothing of our economy — needs bold, audacious plans. Now is the time — there’s a very small window of opportunity before all of Congress goes into pre-2010 election timidity mode.

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