Why The Public Option Matters

krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Most arguments against the public option are based either on deliberate misrepresentation of what that option would mean, or on remarkably thorough misunderstanding of the concept. But what is one to make of the practical, political argument that any public plan actually included in legislation probably wouldn’t make that much difference, and that reform is worth having even without such a plan? There are three reasons to be suspicious of that argument.

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