should be involved, but it won't pass without it.
The truth is a big portion of voters prefer private insurance, no matter how ignorant that is. Here's a Gallup poll that indicates the problem:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A 57% majority of U.S. adults believe that the federal government should ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage. Yet nearly as many, 53%, prefer that the U.S. healthcare system be based on private insurance rather than run by the governmen[/b]t. These findings are in line with recent attitudes about the government’s involvement in the healthcare system, which have been relatively steady since 2015.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/468401/majority-say-gov-ensure-healthcare.aspx
That was January 2023, maybe it's changed.
Although a straight Medicare-for-all would be a better system, think it will take a Public Option to get past any preference for private insurance. If PO is as good as we think/hope, people will gravitate toward it.
Personally, I think insuring everyone is the goal. If it requires a compromise such as allowing private insurance plans to operate under government oversight, I'd be for it pending details, especially if people had a choice of a Public Option. I'd even agree to calling it "trumpcare" if it were otherwise a good plan to insure everyone.
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