It seems that Obama has a new option for persuading non-believers to accept his health care plan. The "trigger" option, which would give insurance companies a defined period of time to make changes that would allow them to cover more people, is being received with mixed reviews. If those changes failed to occur, a "trigger" would allow for public option to force change on the insurance companies. The public option would be government-run and government-funded, like medicare, and with this plan, people would pay 10-20% less than private insurance. However, the question still remains whether President Obama will side with the public option or not. I think that this "trigger" option could be a good idea, as not only is it new and different, but it gives the companies a chance to make changes themselves, without being forced to through the public consensus. However, this would also give the government a backup plan, in case the insurance companies proved to be in bigger trouble than originally realized.
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