Reply #3: LOL. The public option devolved to being meaningless. Trading a shit symbol for a Medicare expansion [View All]

[Oregone]

is a decent deal.

Look, the public option wasn't going to be anything better or cheaper than the private subsidized exchange plans, and those will still exist for people. Allowing more expensive patients to shuffle off the private market can reduce rates for the rest of the risk pool. There is benefit here, beyond the evil baby boomers.

Then next year, get them to lower it to 45, and fight beyond. Make the Medicare qualifications dynamic and start chipping away.