| If you're a conservative who's concerned about the ever increasing national debt, then you want insurance reform to include a public option. (Which actually puts you in the majority.) |
| Whatever bill finally emerges, it will almost certainly include an insurance mandate, along with government subsidies for those who can't afford to comply with the mandate without help. That means that a big part of the bill for "universal" coverage will be paid by the government.
The cost of insurance via a private insurance company will cost the government a lot more than the cost of insurance via a public option. That means that in order to subsidize private insurance, the government will go much farther into debt. Fifty-seven percent of all Americans now [October 2009] favor a public insurance option, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, up from 52% in mid-August [2009]. Source: "US Public Insurance Option Gains Ground In New Poll" - Wall Street Journal - Business - 10/20/09 |
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