Official 2020 US Election: Democratic Party Discussion

[Cerebralbore101]

numberwang said:

SpokenTruth said:

After reading the article, it seems like a mix of information being left out (AOC only said 2-3 sentences to HuffPo?) and a misunderstanding of her intent.

If all we get is a complete public option, with that being the worst case scenario, then we can live with that to start with.

A public option will most likely be more expensive than private insurance, in particular if you have a middle class or higher income and you are below average age. Medicare government spending right now is ca. 1000$ per person monthly (older people, higher costs), not cheap either.

Source on that $1000 per month average cost? Isn't medicare not allowed to negotiate costs right now? Meaning they have to pay whatever the private healthcare companies force them to pay?