Is anyone here pleased with the public option being touted by the Senate?

[WilliamPitt]

Anyone?

[Dawgs]

1. Very pleased.

I'm surprised that some are not pleased.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

2. I have the same enthusiasm as a starving person would have for a bowl of sour gruel

It may keep me from keeling over in the short term and for that I guess I'm grateful, but I don't think it suffices for the long haul.

[Dawgs]

3. Maybe, but it might keep you alive long enough to eventually get your most desired meal.

:hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

Ah, well-expressed. I feel that way too,

[peace frog]

4. I would have been pleased

with "Medicare for all", but I am surprised that the "public option" was passed in any form by the Senate.

[Pirate Smile]

5. It is more then most people, including me, thought we were going to get out of the Senate.

Pleased? Yes.

[lazer47]

6. You can't move a mountain all at once,, you do it ,one rock at a time

I am thankful for a beginning, although I'll never use it, I am on Tricare, but my kids and grandkids need it.....

[IsItJustMe]

7. My attitude is, I will take what I can get. The way I have seen Democrats

cow tow and tip toe around Republicans since the election, I think it is a step in the right direction.

I also feel that once the gov't gets involved, it will have no choice but to go further in making sure that people are covered.

[trumad]

8. Anything that makes the lizard heads explode---I'm pleased with.

Oh and thanks for jinxing my team the other day. ;-)

[WilliamPitt]

9. I was thinking of you

THAT was ugly. But if it helps, remember that you guys had the best team in the league during the first half. Something to build on.

Take it out on the Jets. Do us both a favor. :)

[annabanana]

10. I am pleased. We will all watch what happens to it in conference.

And track the votes for closure.

Anything we get with a public option will serve as a foundation.

[CTyankee]

11. That is my reasoning as well. I am cautious, however, and won't breathe easier

until it's a done deal. I'll be looking for "red flag" amendments...I just hope Reid has this thing sewed up and nobody goes crazy at the last minute...

[RKP5637]

12. It's a start, but we will never have it here... State level opt-out is ridiculous... n/t

[66 dmhlt]

13. I'm pleased. I pay $900/mos for health insurance - so almost anything looks good to me.

[Rudy Adams]

14. No, but it's not about being "pleased"

It's about getting things done!