I found this via a comment to a Transterrestrial Musings post about how to repeal Obamacare. For those who do not want to go through all the links provided, the comment proposes a "public option" to fund health care. The link provided in the comment pointed to this proposition which was made originally in 2009. So, when it was written, Obamacare hadn't passed yet. Now that Obamacare has passed, and has received mostly negative reviews, this proposal could be considered as an alternative. As an alternative, it could get Democratic support, I would imagine. But could it pass muster with Republicans? Putting another way, if you had to name your poison, would you take this, or the current brand?
This isn't necessarily a socialist single payer system. It allows the government to fund health care and people would have the power to choose how to spend the money on their own health care. My quick read of it leaves the impression that it is a very simple streamlined system. The objection to it could be ideological, though. It may be denounced as socialism. But, I wouldn't agree with that assessment. It wouldn't have the government running it, only paying for it. There are pitfalls to that too, but what are the alternatives? The alternatives aren't good.
Another alternative is a Constitutional Convention. That would be the nuclear option because who knows where it could end up. The government, by demanding that everyone buy insurance, has pretty much forced the issue. Now we are obliged to deal with this. So, how will this be done?
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