A public insurance alternative is likely to be the most contentious of the reform proposals.
By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer/ April 8, 2009 edition
New York
The Obama administration hopes to give all Americans the option of buying into a public, Medicare-style health insurance plan. That is now shaping up to be the biggest flash point in the emerging debate about healthcare reform.
Advocates of a Medicare-style plan say it would give consumers a lower-cost alternative to private insurance, forcing those private insurers to become more responsive to consumer needs. Opponents counter that it would undermine the private health insurance market by prompting millions of businesses to switch to the cheaper, public alternative. In the long term, they argue, that would undermine consumer choice in healthcare....
Healthcare battle brewing: political groups gear up | csmonitor.com
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