[GPSCC-chat] Woolsey, Stark to Introduce Public Option Bill

[Brian Good]

    Woolsey and her allies, including Reps. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois 
and Fortney "Pete" Stark of California, are armed with a new analysis by
 the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It projects the public 
option could save the federal government $68 billion between 2014 an 
2020, according to Democrats.


   
A government plan could save money with lower administrative costs and 
by paying hospitals and doctors less than commercial insurance plans, 
analysts have said; that could result in lower premiums and lower 
government subsidies for Americans who choose that plan over plans 
offered by commercial insurers.




    Insurance companies, hospitals and other businesses say a public option 
would undermine existing employer-provided insurance and set the stage 
for a single-payer system. 




http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072105067.html
 		 	   		  
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