Reply #2: When I emailed Amy regarding single payer or public option she [View All]

[jwirr]

answered that she would do what was best for MN because we have such a good health care program already.

She is right about that BUT in the last 10 years all of our government run plans have turned to private insurance to cover costs. The plan (Medicaid, Medicare, Minnesota Care) all pay the premiums to the insurance company of our choice. This means that we are already using the plan without a public option. Once a year we can switch to another plan. Our social services offices cannot give any advice on which plan to pick and that is really difficult on seniors who do not understand what is going on. The companies all call you all the time to join their senior advantage plans which is the plan that President Obama says costs medicare so much. A lot of what they are talking about is already visible in MN. But no public option. I am not even sure that I can get out of the advantage program and back to plain Medicare anymore.

It is no surprise that she is holding out on a public option.