Health reformers have at least one ally on the Senate Finance Committee in Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), who’s a resolute advocate of a robust public option. But since his panel–or at least the six members of the panel who are designing health care legislation–seems to have settled on a privately held, non-profit co-operative model, Rockefeller has some questions. “Some have suggested that, instead of creating a strong public plan option, Congress should adopt a cooperative approach to health insurance coverage,” Rockefeller writes in a letter to the Government Accountability Office.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=140050