Tag Archives: public option

unintended consequences: Stupak Amendment & miscarriages edition

One of the most inter­est­ing things I have read about the Stu­pak Amend­ment is this: Will the Stu­pak Amend­ment Affect Insur­ance Cov­er­age for Mis­car­riages? I Think So Sadly, the author expe­ri­enced a mis­car­riage recently. In her case, as some­times hap­pens, the fetus had yet to be expelled. She was put in the dif­fi­cult posi­tion of either wait­ing

competition is as american as apple pie, except in education

Recently, I saw the above video on Face­book. Basi­cally, it illus­trates the argu­ment that a pub­lic option in health care would com­pete against pri­vate insur­ers to the ben­e­fit of those cov­ered under both kinds of plans. This argu­ment seems like it is sup­posed to appeal to the market-minded among us, who are into com­pe­ti­tion amongst