The “public option” and the wheelbarrow parable: Part 3 By Kip Sullivan, JD In the second part of this three-part series, I reviewed the evidence indicating the “public option” campaign…
The Case Against the Public Option
…public option for those under sixty-five. The public option that all three of the leading Democratic candidates ultimately embraced was, as a 2011 account describes, essentially “a recombination of Hacker’s…
Single-Payer ReformāāMedicare for Allā
…on provincial health-care budgets. University Calgary Sch Public Policy Res Pap. 2013;6(22):1-35. Google Scholar. Reed LS, Carr W. Utilization and cost of general hospital care. Soc Secur Bull. 1968;31:12. Google…
The public option in perspective
…for the public option in 2009) has encouraged 33 Senate Democrats, including the party’s leadership, to call for a public option. President Obama has started advocating for it again, and…
Why choice of private plans or a ‘public option’ is bad policy
The āPublic Optionā on Health Care Is a Poison Pill
…wasteful or redundant facilities. Public option proposals would perpetuate current payment strategies that distort investment and raise long-term costs. Because a public option would leave the current dysfunctional payment approach…
The āPublic Optionā on Health Care Is a Poison Pill
Some Democratic candidates are pushing it as a free-choice version of Medicare for All. Thatās good rhetoric but bad policy.
…not covered by the public plan, such as cosmetic surgery or private rooms in hospitals. The other Democratic contenders favor a “public option” reform that would introduce a Medicare-like public…
Sick and Wrong
How Washington is screwing up health care reform ā and why it may take a revolt to fix it
…bill that is hammered out from the work of these five committees will contain a public option — i.e., an option for citizens to buy in to a government-run health…
There is very little difference between the co-ops and the āpublic optionā
…by insurance companies “Public option” advocates circle their wagons around two useless sentences in HR 3200 HR 3200’s “public option” will not resemble Medicare As I demonstrated in those papers,…
Removing the Middlemen from Medicaid
A Blueprint for Better Care and Lower Costs
…§ 17b-261m at https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-17b-social-services/ct-gen-st-sect-17b-261m/ Congressional Budget Office. (2025, May 7). Estimates for Medicaid policy options and state responses [PDF]. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61377 Ives-Rublee, M. (2025, May 16). Federal Medicaid cuts would force…
Hillary Clinton resurrects public option, or not?
Clinton resurrects public option By Dan Diamond Politico Pulse, February 23, 2016 Hillary Clinton is bringing back the “public option,” a liberal health reform that so far has gotten little…
Hillary Clinton resurrects public option, or not?
Clinton resurrects public option By Dan Diamond Politico Pulse, February 23, 2016 Hillary Clinton is bringing back the “public option,” a liberal health reform that so far has gotten little…
Gerald Kominski describes the real-world public option
What Would A Public Insurance Option Look Like In California? By Pauline Bartolone California Healthline, October 11, 2016 The “public option,” which stoked fierce debate in the run-up to the…
