Friday, April 10, 2009; Page A12
Although the national debate over health-care reform has only just begun, the first battle lines are being drawn over whether there should be a Medicare-like "public" insurance plan to compete with private insurers in a restructured market.
The public plan has already become a political litmus test for the Democratic left, which sees it as the only antidote to a private market that can't be trusted to deliver quality, affordable health care, and for the Republican right, which sees it as the Trojan horse for a government-run health-care system that will raise taxes and ration care.....
Steven Pearlstein - A 'Public' Fix for Health Care Need Not Abandon the Market - washingtonpost.com
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