Yeah - asking the question more as potential fodder for another blog post vs quick and easy answer in a comment. As you said, the Supreme Ct decision enabling Republican-run states to opt out of expanding Medicaid coverage hurts #1. But what about other ways to affect #1, like getting the healthier, non-Medicaid eligible (regardless of an expansion) to buy into the plan? But I guess that’s hard to do without lowering #2. Which is made even harder with declining competition. Feels like it’d be impossible to pass, but a public option to hit #1 and #2 seems likes the smartest option, but curious on your thoughts of feasibility and effectiveness if it actually went through.
Somehow get all the states on board. Never gonna happen though
Yeah - asking the question more as potential fodder for another blog post vs quick and easy answer in a comment. As you said, the Supreme Ct decision enabling Republican-run states to opt out of expanding Medicaid coverage hurts #1. But what about other ways to affect #1, like getting the healthier, non-Medicaid eligible (regardless of an expansion) to buy into the plan? But I guess that’s hard to do without lowering #2. Which is made even harder with declining competition. Feels like it’d be impossible to pass, but a public option to hit #1 and #2 seems likes the smartest option, but curious on your thoughts of feasibility and effectiveness if it actually went through.