Why Hillary Clinton's promise to bring back public option health care is bogus

Blasting News ^ | February 23, 2016 | Mark R. Whittington

[Marcus]

Back when Obamacare was just a threat in the form of legislation, it contained a provision called “the public option.” The idea was that anyone seeking health care insurance would be able to opt for a government run, single-payer system similar to what prevails in Canada and Great Britain. The public option never made it into the final product because it was a change too far. Most people believed, correctly, that the option was a ploy to cause private insurance to wither and die.

Now Hillary Clinton has revived the public option as part of her reform of the health care reform law.

[humblegunner]

Hey, where did you steal this from?

I’d like to read the original version, before you stole it and re-wrote it.

Got a link?

[SgtHooper]

That’s easy. If Cankles said it, it’s surely a lie. Nuff said.

[Mike Darancette]

This would be an unforced error on Hillary’s part. She doesn’t need the hralth insurance industry as another enemy just now.