here is my question:
Mike mentioned "non for profit" or "not subsidized"
How about existing insurance companies huge profits that they get be limiting services?
This for some reason is Ok just because they are private but god forbid public option regulating services, right?
Where is any logic in this?
Services get paid for by some entity or the other.
What i see practically is payments coming from Plan X instead of Plan Y. We already have public or semipublic options - Child health Plus, for example. It works great both for providers and consumers. They have fewer restrictions on prescribing then Excellus or Aetna ( especially awful insurance company)

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