[TomJansen]

Health insurance should be rooted in solidarity. It is supposed to be a collective mechanism designed to prevent individuals from financial ruin due to unpredictable medical crises. It is not about hedging individual risk, but about sharing it across society, because health problems can strike anyone regardless of preparation or behavior.

[amazingamazing]

Maybe so - in any case a public option wouldn’t inherently indirectly be decided by the public via voting so we will see if people accept the higher taxes or lower spending make it happen.