Lieberman: A government-run health insurance plan: The public doesn’t support it. They know that ultimately taxpayers will pay for it. They don’t want us to add to the debt. They feel that the existing system, private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid does pretty well.
In fact, the public option polls quite strongly.
In fact, health care reform with a strong public option would cost taxpayers less than a similar plan without such an option.
In fact, few people (other than private insurers) think the existing system does pretty well.
But Andrea Mitchell didn’t challenge Joe Lieberman on any of those false claims (or on the apparent inconsistency between his disdain for “government-run” health insurance and his praise for Medicare and Medicaid.) Nor did she ask him the type of questions she asks people like Bernie Sanders.
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