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What is a public option in the health care debate?

Can someone clarify the debate against public option and health care?

  • what is public option? what are the two arguments? What is the debate about? Opinions would help!

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    Good grief! You're going to create another government bureaucracy - that is going to: 1) increase costs 2) decrease access 3) eliminate choice 4) impose rationing 5) chase away our best and brightest 6) stifle innovation DEAR GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE: a.. The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775 You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke. b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke. c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke. d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more. a.. AMTRAK was never on schedule, was broke, is broke, and will continue to be broke as long as its run by the government. f.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke. g.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke. h.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure. I hope this HELPS!

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A public option HEALTH INSURANCE plan is the same as any commercial insurance except that it's non-profit and accessible to all citizens. Like any other insurance it's supported by premium payments from the insured and with additional funds from taxes. Commercial insurance is profit driven, costs more because of overhead and profit and rejects from coverage anyone who might get sick. Taxes are used to help pay for the medical care of those who are uninsured or not financially in a position to buy commercial insurance. Either way taxes are used for Medicaid payments. Fact: Medicare, which is a 'public option' has a 3% overhead cost with no profit margin involved. Commercial insurance has a 43% overhead and profit margin involved with strict underwriting rules that often allow them to refuse payments, drop coverage or refuse coverage. In other words they charge more for less. What the hell kind of scam is that?

Noah H

The debate is which programs to cut so that more money can be co-opted by you know who.

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The public option would create a government sponsored health care coverage option for those interested. This option would compete with private health insurance, arguably bringing premiums down. The arguments against such an option are mixed, but are generally concerned with government intrusion into private lives or unfair competition. Neither argument holds up to more than a quick glance and both are meant to scare rather than inform.

fangtaiyang

Public option is not individual option.. We only keep our freedoms if we, as individuals, have choices! If we do not.. it is part of the Communist propaganda that lost our war with N. Vietnam. Do it for the public good.. a lie above all lies! We would do it to loose choices in our life and it is against family! Earl

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