House Proceeding 09-10-09 on Sep 10th, 2009 :: 1:38:35 to 1:41:05
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Lynn C. Woolsey: inspired by that? ms. woolsey: well, congressman conyers knows this, that progressive caucus almost to a person, and tre's 85 of us, would have voted right this minute for a single payer. that's what we wanted.

1:38:35 to 1:41:05( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Lynn C. Woolsey

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Lynn C. Woolsey: and we knew that it was a nonst that to get to single payer -- we are not supposed to say that, you know. we are not supposed people, if we -- that the public option could be a step towards single payer, but if it does improves itself like i know it

1:39:17 to 1:39:39( Edit History Discussion )

Lynn C. Woolsey: will, more and more people will plan. so we comprow mized. it was a huge compromise the people in my represent the sixth district in california, just across the bridge from san francisco, the golden state brid

1:39:40 to 1:40:01( Edit History Discussion )

Lynn C. Woolsey: best educated, best -- and one of the most affluent districts in the country, and i say that because they are also one of the most proessive districts in the entire united states of arica. when was sworn in and we started talking health care and i would be at meetings and they would talk single payer, and i knew

1:40:02 to 1:40:27( Edit History Discussion )

Lynn C. Woolsey: that wasn't where we were going, and i told them, they actually got tears in their eyes. . i really did. now they're with us. they're with us 100% from a but not just the public option

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Lynn C. Woolsey: with triggers or mash that's going to put it off and never make it happen, they're with us for something that would be modeled after medicare, the medicare provider system, so we don't have -- the p out and put together their own provider system and possibly the rate structure based on

1:40:50 to 1:41:05( Edit History Discussion )

Lynn C. Woolsey: medicare. that's how i would do it. and of course it would have all the benefits -- the base benefits that were insisting on for every health care plan and