PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
Is this sponsorship, or would you care to elucidate the basis of said 'selection'?
That's what I'm asking you, you're the one that introduced the word without any effort to define it. If contracting with private insurers via a competitive bidding process is what you're talking about, that's fine. But that's certainly not what a public option is.
I believe you know exactly what it is:
The public health insurance option is a proposed government-run health insurance agency which competes with other health insurance companies.Public health insurance option - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"...contracting with private insurers via a competitive bidding process ..." This is exactly the sort of obfuscation that I've seen from your side before, from you specifically.
You understand what the selection, and sponsorship entail....total control. Yet you pretend it is other wise....
"Under current law, the director of OPM is authorized to negotiate rates and benefits for health plans, and in the conduct of those negotiations, there are very few limitations on the directors authority. In disputes with federal employee organizations and unions, federal courts have routinely upheld the directors discretion in these areas. "
Office of Personnel Management and Public Health Insurance Option | The Heritage Foundation
Total control means the 'public option.'
The PPAPA controls the private insurers in this option right down to marketing of their product, the language used, and every other aspect.
Paranoia? No, but your dissembling is hard to hide.