The public option, a government-run program that would compete with private insurers. Critics have tried to paint it as a wild-eyed experiment, but it echoes F.D.R.'s battles for public power à ‚¬" in fact, the entire New Deal he later created. The argument Roosevelt made à ‚¬" that a government program could fix the flaws in a poorly functioning private market à ‚¬" applies with even more force in health care. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.