It's Clear Now the Public Option Really Was Needed to Keep Insurers Honest
When members of Congress caved to demands from the insurance industry and ditched their plan to establish a "public option" health plan, the lawmakers  also ditched one of their favorite talking points, that a government-run plan was necessary to "keep insurers honest."
Wendell Potter, ContributorAuthor of Nation on the Take, How Big Money Corrupts Our Democ...