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The public health insurance option, also known as the public insurance option or the public option, is a proposal to create a government-run health insurance agency that would compete with other private health insurance companies within the United States.
A public option refers to a health insurance coverage program run by the state or federal government (although they can be administered by a private entity or private insurance company) and made available as an option alongside the existing private health insurance plans.
Some Members of Congress have proposed introducing a federally administered health insurance plan, or “public option,” to compete with private plans in the nongroup marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act.
The public option envisioned by liberals during the Obamacare debate was a government-run insurance plan that would compete in the private market. That’s not what Colorado, Nevada and...
This issue brief presents ten, high-level key questions regarding current public option proposals supported by both Democratic presidential candidates and Members of Congress.
The biggest difference between the two proposals is the enrollment option: Medicare for All is a mandatory single-payer healthcare system that covers all Americans, while Public Option offers an...
What is Minnesotacare public option? The MinnesotaCare Public Option allows more Minnesotans to enroll in MinnesotaCare, on a sliding scale premium. It helps those priced out of affordable health care access trusted, high-quality health care coverage.
There are many kinds of public option proposals, and different presidential candidates have their own ideas on how it would work, whether it's lowering the age for Medicare access or creating a...
Public Option 2.0 may be the most realistic way to guarantee universal coverage with a broad choice of providers and with medical prices held down by the government.
CBO describes the key design considerations for a federally administered nongroup health insurance plan—often referred to as a public option—and some of their major implications.