The repub talking point against the public option is they don't want a bureaucrat between a patient and a doctor. Then comes this from Think Progress:
"The Senate Finance Committee has been writing a health care reform bill and struggling to create legislation that will have bipartisan support. Chairman Max Baucus considered several compromises to win Republican support, so they can claim it is bipartisan legislation. One of these potential compromises comes in the form of an abortion exclusion, which would prevent abortion services from being covered by some or all insurance plans in the Health Insurance Exchange. We fear that members of the Senate Finance Committee are considering such a compromise."
The repubs just became what they said they didn't want, a middle man. There is no way this will be considered. Not on political reasons but because if dems are true about the public option, there can, in no way, be a bureaucrat telling you which treatments you can get.
However, I do find it ironic repubs are already starting to pick which services will/won't be available in the public option. An option they DON'T support.
