The resurrection of the public option is the latest and one of the most surprising turns in the long battle over legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. Under assault for months, declared on life support repeatedly Full Story »
Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV - via Google News (U.S.), NewsRack (Health Care)
The conservative opposition and the administration’s apparent wobbliness prompted a counterattack by liberal advocates of the public option, who saw it as the holy grail of the health care debate. Few experts see it that way and there are no doubt far more important provisions that would have a more direct effect on coverage, on how individuals are treated by their insurance companies and in controlling costs (still the weakest element of the bills under consideration). But the grassroots support had an effect.
There is indeed a danger here if there is a state opt-out option I fear that would be worse then no public option at all; since to change this would be a horrid task at best then many of us would be FOREVER stuck with no coverage and then the only way would be to move to another state. Federal laws must be equal to all. We can not allow the minority to ave rule over the minority.