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...debate over health care gathers momentum, attention is focusing on proposals for a new, government-administered health-insurance program to help lower costs. President Obama said on June 23 that the so-called public plan "makes sense" as part of an overall health-reform package; on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are sparring over its pros and cons. Democrats--who favor a public option--can't agree on a plan among themselves, while across the aisle, Republicans are warning of creeping socialism and health-care "rationing." Hold on tight: this battle is just beginning...
...PUBLIC PLAN...
...public plan with millions of members could use its large market share as a negotiating tool to get doctors and hospitals to accept lower reimbursement rates for individual services...
...nationwide public plan could let Americans keep their coverage when they moved, changed jobs or weren't working--not always the case with private insurance...
Freed from marketing expenses, broker commissions and profit margins, a public plan could have lower administrative costs, which may mean lower premiums...