Joe Paduda

Jacob Hacker's enthusiasm for a 'real' public plan option is laudable. But Hacker overstates the case for Medicare, and in so doing weakens the case for a public plan option. There's another government plan that is kicking the collective private health plan industry's rear end.

Jacob Hacker's enthusiasm for a 'real' public plan option is laudable. But Hacker overstates the case for Medicare, and in so doing weakens the case for a public plan option. There's another government plan that is kicking the collective private health plan industry's rear end.