{"id":33,"date":"2009-09-09T13:42:54","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T13:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/09\/rem-video-the-public-option.html"},"modified":"2009-09-09T13:42:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-09T13:42:54","slug":"rem-video-the-public-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/09\/rem-video-the-public-option.html","title":{"rendered":"REM Video: The Public Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve largely steered clear of the health care debate on Fresh Living (<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/08\/whole-foods-and-the-health-care-debate.html\">read why here<\/a>), but I felt inspired to post this MoveOn.org video that&#8217;s making the blogosphere rounds.&nbsp; Not because we endorse the public option, necessarily, but because it&#8217;s incredibly moving&#8211;and an important reminder as the focus of any debate&#8211;to see that health and health care is not about policies or programs, it&#8217;s about real people facing real (and real expensive) problems.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?&nbsp; Reactions?&nbsp; Love letters to REM?<\/p>\n<p> <object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8GoFj8Fc9iM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8GoFj8Fc9iM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p itxtvisited=\"1\"><strong>Like what you see?&nbsp; <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=FreshLiving&amp;amp;loc=en_US\"><font color=\"#023d89\"><strong>Click here to subscribe<\/strong><\/font><\/a><strong> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p itxtvisited=\"1\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve largely steered clear of the health care debate on Fresh Living (read why here), but I felt inspired to post this MoveOn.org video that&#8217;s making the blogosphere rounds.&nbsp; 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