…competing, public Medicare-like option. In theory, the public option would be a better value, and the private plans would fade away as individuals opt to change to the new Medicare…
Lobbyist Documents Reveal Health Care Industry Battle Plan Against “Medicare for All”
…the same players who worked to undermine the public option during the ACA debate are now fighting for influence within the party. The public option was the government-run insurance plan…
KFF Brief: Questions to ask about models of reform
Medicare-for-All and Public Plan Buy-In Proposals: Overview and Key Issues
…health insurance program for all U.S. residents, replacing virtually all other sources of public and private insurance (Medicare-for-All), to more incremental approaches that would create a new public plan option,…
Commonwealth Fund on candidates' reform proposals
Envisioning the Future: The 2008 Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Proposals
…public model would be equitable by design, whereas the private-public model would use administratively complex mechanisms to attempt to achieve partial equity in the multi-payer system. The public model would…
Commonwealth Fund on candidates’ reform proposals
…partial equity in the multi-payer system. The public model would provide comprehensive benefits, whereas the private-public model would likely establish a benchmark of basic coverage. The public model would automatically…
Markets and Medical Care: The United States, 1993-2005
…Holahan and Wang summarized the pattern: “The extent to which the loss of employer coverage resulted in people becoming uninsured depended on their access to public programs” (2004, p. W4-31)….
Health Industry CEOs’ Compensation in 2017
…option awards, which will provide value in future years. David Cordani, Cigna ($168,677 per day) Separately, Cordani was given $12.0 million in stock and option awards, which will provide value…
McClellan asks, "What would be the point?"
…insurance option. But Schumer said other Democrats insist that option should look like Medicare, in which the government directly sets benefits and payment rates. Mark McClellan, a health policy expert…
CBO's Elmendorf on single payer, and a Medicare-like option
…for expanding coverage, and considerations and options for controlling costs and improving efficiency, including a discussion of options under consideration that might not be effective in controlling spending. Most of…
McClellan asks, "What would be the point?"
Democrats seek compromise on health care plan
…with the private health plans. Specifically, they will not support a Medicare-like option. But look at the wording of the statement from the Progressive Caucus. The public plan option must…
‘Private option’ won’t help poor
…federal waivers to pursue a “private option” as a compromise, and other states may follow. Private option Medicaid would give low-income families vouchers to purchase private insurance, instead of enrolling…
McClellan asks, “What would be the point?”
…insurance option. But Schumer said other Democrats insist that option should look like Medicare, in which the government directly sets benefits and payment rates. Mark McClellan, a health policy expert…
