Fed-Run Public Health Plan is Now Expendable

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     Sounds far superior to the alternative (which is single-payer for clarification).

That's the goal in the long term.

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Apparently the idea that greater choice of health care options is a good thing only applies to private health care.

But will you have choice under a government option? Businesses will say, "Oh great, now we don't have to give our employees health insurance," and stop providing it. Because these bills don't address the roots of the problem, costs will continue to rise, thus forcing all poor and most middle class citizens into the public plan. I think most people would be better off if we just kept the current system of your employer providing health insurance.

That's exactly the point. Obama knows that if he openly admits he wants socialized healthcare his support and poll numbers will plummet massively.