Reply #71: Who looks out for Red Stare poor!?!

[Baysponge]

I hope that someone would stand up for the uninsured in red states as well as blue ones. The most recent proposal for a public option would allow states to opt out. Gov. Dean & Sen. Carper & Schumer has talked approvingly. So has Sen. Baucus.

The issue of the public option is ensuring competition. I would hope that someone who add the following limitation to the right to opt out: In order for a state to do so, the state must show that every major market in the state has at least two (2) different insurers that have a market share over a minimum leveI i.e. 25%. This requires some level of private competition to exist PRIOR to opting out.

What could the objection to this limitation be?