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by spiralx 972 days ago
Yup. The CBO have in the past even estimated a generic public option as being revenue positive due to replacing ACA subsidies for private insurance plans.

https://www.cbo.gov/budget-options/2013/44890

Single-payer is unlikely in the US for many reasons, if you're interested in the topic though the CBO did a thorough look at all of the different things that would be required for such a system:

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2019-05/55150-singlepayer.p...