After the Public Option

Maybe the right way to approach healthcare is to begin by addressing the problems that bother the public most. Almost all of those involve specific practices by insurance companies - especially those that cut off coverage after an insured becomes sick. What if we just start there?

Maybe the right way to approach healthcare is to begin by addressing the problems that bother the public most. Almost all of those involve specific practices by insurance companies - especially those that cut off coverage after an insured becomes sick. What if we just start there? That would be a less dramatic, less expensive, and immediately popular option. It would leave open the route to further reforms. It would build on what exists, what Americans know and are used to. No, it would not take us toward the public-sector healthcare program that warms the hearts of the president's base supporters. But they're not going to get what they want anyway.