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I think I'd be in favor of introducing a public option and seeing how it competes with other commercial insurance options. Going completely single payer seems v
by epmaybe 9y ago
I think I'd be in favor of introducing a public option and seeing how it competes with other commercial insurance options. Going completely single payer seems very risky, and could upset a large percentage of californians due to the subsequently necessary rise in taxes.
- redblacktree 9y agoI wonder just how big those increases would be though. I've seen several informal surveys of my Facebook friends with respect to the cost of their health insurance, and numbers range from $400-$1200/mo. And keep in mind that many of these are subsidized by their employer. That seems like a lot of money that could be taxed. (i.e. you'd pay the tax instead of a health insurance premium)
- epmaybe 9y agoThe rational thought process is that yes, tax what would have been spent on health insurance premiums. However, in practice I'm not so certain that it would interpreted as such by taxpayers.
- dv_dt 9y agoThe problem there (but not necessarily a show stopping problem), is that private insurance could then pick out and kick out groups of customers according to profitability. The public option would likely end up picking up the most costly cases.