Friday, September 18, 2009

From Daily Kos:

O’Reilly Backs Government Health Insurance Option
Posted Sep 16, 2009, 5:40 PM PT by Jed Lewison • First broadcast: Sep 16, 2009 

by Jed Lewison

Thu Sep 17, 2009 at 09:16:03 AM PDT
File this one under things you never expected to hear:



Transcript:

O’REILLY: The public option now is done. We discussed this, it’s not going to happen. But you say that this little marketplace that they’re going to set up, whereby the federal government would subsidize insurance for some Americans, that is, in your opinion, a public option?

OWCHARENKO: Well, it has massive new federal regulation. So you don’t necessarily need a public option if the federal government is going to control and regulate the type of health insurance that Americans can buy.

O’REILLY: But you know, I want that, Ms. Owcharenko. I want that. I want, not for personally for me, but for working Americans, to have a option, that if they don’t like their health insurance, if it’s too expensive, they can’t afford it, if the government can cobble together a cheaper insurance policy that gives the same benefits, I see that as a plus for the folks.

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