Jason Flohrs: Public option isn’t the answer for Minnesotans
The pandemic has highlighted the problems with a bloated, broken and bureaucratic health care system – why double down on that failed approach?
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Minnesota lawmakers are attempting to radically upend our health system under the assumption that “more government” is the best way to ensure access and affordability.
In reality, it will do the opposite.
Included in the health omnibus bill is the so-called "public option," the next step on the state’s march toward “Medicare for All.” This allows the state to tax and regulate private insurance companies while at the same time directly competing with them. With government authorized to legally undercut their prices and subsidize their competition, why would these companies stick around? They’ll start withdrawing from Minnesota, leaving us stranded with only one option – the “public” one.