Reply #20: I can't understand why anyone wwould back single-payer over a [View All]

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"public option," health care plan. If your current provider is too expensive or not covering what you need, switch to the public plan. The private insurance companies would be forced to offer compeitive prices and better coverage or go out of business. That's pretty simple.

Choice is always better than no choice. And I don't see how shutting down all the health insurance companies and putting hundreds of thousands of people out of work without first giving them the option to lower their prices and improve care is a good thing.

I have yet to here a winnable argument supporting single-payer health care. And that includes the "the only way we can afford it is for everyone to buy in" bullshit.