ShyGuyInChicago
July 18th, 2011, 07:45 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option
The public health insurance option is a proposed government-run health insurance agency which competes with other health insurance companies. It is not the same as Publicly-funded health care. Called the public insurance option or public option, for short, it is a proposed health insurance plan that could be offered by the federal government of the United States. It has been featured in two bills considered by the U.S. House of Representatives: the proposed Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), passed by the House in 2009, and its predecessor the proposed America's Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200). Another bill, the Public Option Act, also referred to as the Medicare You Can Buy Into Act, (H.R. 4789), would allow all citizens and permanent residents to buy into a public option by participating in the public Medicare program.
Do you think that this can work. To me it seems as though it could work and would be a good alternative than a single payer universal health care system or forcing everyone to buy healthcare.
The public health insurance option is a proposed government-run health insurance agency which competes with other health insurance companies. It is not the same as Publicly-funded health care. Called the public insurance option or public option, for short, it is a proposed health insurance plan that could be offered by the federal government of the United States. It has been featured in two bills considered by the U.S. House of Representatives: the proposed Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), passed by the House in 2009, and its predecessor the proposed America's Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200). Another bill, the Public Option Act, also referred to as the Medicare You Can Buy Into Act, (H.R. 4789), would allow all citizens and permanent residents to buy into a public option by participating in the public Medicare program.
Do you think that this can work. To me it seems as though it could work and would be a good alternative than a single payer universal health care system or forcing everyone to buy healthcare.