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The best proposal I've heard is not to have government-run single-payer but to instead have a public option. That way, if insurance companies truly are colludin
by jimbob45 5y ago
The best proposal I've heard is not to have government-run single-payer but to instead have a public option. That way, if insurance companies truly are colluding and providing a worse product, then the government can compete and bring costs down to a reasonable level by providing baseline competition. Compared to a government potentially mismanaging and ruining care for millions, it seems the safer alternative.
I've never heard a solid argument against the public option and both sides in general seem to agree on it. The fact that it was Lieberman and not a Republican that killed it in 2010 [0] makes me very hopeful that a public option would be highly politically viable now 12 years later.
[0] https://newrepublic.com/article/73683/the-public-option-still-dead https://newrepublic.com/article/73683/the-public-option-stil...