Clinton Care

For the sake of completeness, I should note that according to everyone the health care plan Hillary Clinton will be outlining in about half an hour will, like Edwards' but unlike Obama's, be a universal coverage program along mandate-and-subsidy lines. What's not clear to me is whether she will, like Edwards and Obama, be offering a new public sector program to compete with private firms.

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Just curious... do you use a speech-recognition software to do your posts sometimes?

Posted by Freddie | September 17, 2007 11:26 AM

My bet is Hillary's plan will not create a new market system to be run by government and compete with private sector.. why?

Hillary needs to give her pharmaceutical and insurance donors a monopoly on the system. Hillary will not propose a market system that could lead to single payer. $$$$$ for insurers. you read it here first

Posted by Outside the Beltway | September 17, 2007 11:44 AM

Short answer: yes. This is from the campaign press release:
"A Choice of a Public Plan Option: In addition to the array of private insurance choices offered, the Health Choices Menu will also provide Americans with a choice of a public plan option, which could be modeled on the traditional Medicare program, but would cover the same benefits as guaranteed in private plan options in the Health Choices Menu. The alternative will compete on a level playing field with traditional private insurance plans. It will provide a more affordable option, in part through greater administrative savings. And it will not be funded through the Medicare trust fund."

Posted by SDM | September 17, 2007 2:24 PM