Talk:Public health insurance option
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Definition of "public option"
This article never defines what "public option" is or means. The Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates survey http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM41_topline_report_-_aarp_health_care_poll_final_v2.pdf says: "III. In spite of months of coverage and the increasing volume of public discussion on health care reform, the American public has a limited understanding of what’s happening in Congress. Very few (only 37%) are able to correctly define the term “public option,” even when given only 3 options to choose from. (That’s nearly the equivalent probability that one would expect if everyone were just guessing.)" Can someone tell us what it is, or is someone trying to hide something? Thank you. 76.175.97.243 (talk) 03:50, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
- It is a health insurance plan offered by the federal government. Explain what is so hard to understand. It is like National Flood Insurance. You pay premiums and the government covers certain expenses to varying degrees just like a private insurer would.--Jorfer (talk) 16:44, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I completely agree with the first comment. This page does not answer the question: what does "public option" mean? MWYada (talk) 16:28, 25 September 2009 (UTC)Mike
Request for edits - expected premiums; plan for the poor
I read somewhere that the public option would offer premiums 10-20% below private insurance industry averages. If true, this is a far cry from what most people seem to think - that the public option would be dirt cheap. How is an unemployed individual, who is no longer receiving unemployment money, supposed to some up with such an amount? If you have any information (that can be cited) on either the expected premiums or plans for those who still wouldn't be able to afford them, please post it. 209.255.33.150 (talk) 15:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Cherry-picked polls
Most polls have showed significantly higher approval of the public option than the polls chosen for inclusion in this article. 75.76.213.106 (talk) 00:01, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Plans section problem
" ... A single-payer system has been largely dismissed as politically infeasible ... "
Unless someone can find more data/references than a quote from one person, namely Laurence Baker, on this conjecture, I will remove this unsupported conjecture.
In that very same article referenced, it's says, " ... Some statistics show the single-payer concept has grown in popularity as problems in the nation's health care system have worsened. A CBS News/New York Times poll conducted in January found 59 percent of the 1,112 people surveyed said they supported government-provided national health insurance. ... " & " ... While not supported by the American Medical Association, a nationalized health system got the backing of 59 percent of physicians in a poll published last year in the Annals of Internal Medicine. ... "
If anything, the article shows that a SPS is very much politically feasible. If we are going to state as fact that something is "largely dismissed" at Wikipeida, then it better have solid references and not just the word of one person.
If you revert it back, you are going to need to provide solid references within the article to justify it. Cowicide (talk) 21:09, 9 October 2009 (UTC)