The congressional budget office may drive a strong public option into reality [View All]

Because any attempt to dilute or eliminate the public option will result in less cost containment, it seems almost certain that a strong public option will have to remain.

Fiscal conservatives, who value savings above all else, will be discontented. Although many "plans" may pay for themselves, plans that lack a strong government-run program will fail to achieve their stated goal of reining in costs, even in simulation. And this failure will be immediately reported by the MSM. Essentially they can't eliminate the public option and pass anything that they may otherwise like, even to please moderates or conservatives (fiscal).

Furthermore, it is very possible that when Medicare for All (HR676) is scored, it will be seen as the most effective way to break the huge health care cost inflationary cycle, even more so than a strong public option. Perhaps it will serve as wakeup call to go even further than all plans proposed so far.

I am very interested to see how this plays out. I hope that the information becomes available soon to use as talking points with friends and Congress.