Careful What Public Plan You Wish For

I have a guest post published on The Health Care Blog today about the lessons of Medicare and Medicaid with respect to a public plan.

A recent guest post on Ezra Klein’s blog expressed similar sentiments (it is quite smart and worth reading in full).

• Public Debt and the Public Option
• The Trigger
• Public Option: Federal Fallback Is Back!

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