In a letter to health care head honchos Senators Max Baucus and Edward Kennedy April 29, 16 democratic Senators urged the chairmen of the Finance and HELP committees, respectively, to include a public plan option in reform legislation.
"There is no reason to believe that private insurers alone will meet the public purpose of ensuring coverage for all Americans at an affordable price for taxpayers," reads the letter.
The Senators cite Medicare Part D's lack of a public plan alternative to private drug plans as an example of "a privately run program that has hiked up drug prices at the expense of patients and taxpayers ..."
The letter goes on to say that "history suggests that the insurance industry will build a model at least in part around pushing government subsidies upward. A public plan option that sets the standard for quality, efficiency and costs will create incentives for healthy competition that will serve the interests of all Americans."
Senators who signed the letter include:
*Sherrod Brown (OH) *Bob Casey (PA) *Dick Durbin (IL) *Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) *Tom Harkin (IA) *Daniel Inouye (HI) *Ted Kaufman (DE) *Carl Levin (MI) *Jeff Merkley (OR) *Jack Reed (RI) *Jay Rockefeller (WV) *Bernie Sanders (VT) *Charles Schumer (NY)*Debbie Stabenow (MI) *Jim Webb (VA) *Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
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