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I don't know why the idea of a "public option" fell out of favor with Democrats. It's a good stop along the way, and doesn't risk completely destroying an indus
by partiallypro 7y ago
I don't know why the idea of a "public option" fell out of favor with Democrats. It's a good stop along the way, and doesn't risk completely destroying an industry overnight...and therefore has a much higher chance of passing. Eventually employers would push people onto the public option plan, but it wouldn't be overnight. Bernie's plan, imo has so much room for error, it's not even worth considering without a stop along the way. It's also ironic he wants to ban private insurance completely (I assume that even means supplemental) when pretty much every single country he cites as a model doesn't do that.
- senordevnyc 7y ago100% agree. People are totally delusional to think that there’s a snowball’s chance in hell of single payer happening from where we are. And given that healthcare is like a fifth of the economy, it’s completely reckless anyway! Plus, if nothing else, it’d never get through the Senate, and that’s unlikely to change for decades. Public option, it’s by far the best path forward.
- foolbiter 7y agothe end result of the public option is employer-based plans offloading their least valuable (and most vulnerable) customers onto the public option, leading to much higher costs for everyone. the abolition of private insurance is necessary for the efficiency and bargaining power of a maximalist medicare-for-all system.