Bogus right wing arguments against a public Health Care option

1. A public option will put private insurers out of business
-According to the right wing, free enterprise is brilliant and government programs are useless so the private health industry clearly has nothing to fear.

2. A public option will lessen choice
-Health Insurance companies have never had any real competition. A public option will increase consumer choice.

3. The government wants to get between you and your doctor.
-The only people who don't have interference between them and their doctor are those paying 100% out of pocket for their services. Insurance companies have long restricted access to certain procedures and medications in order to protect their profit margin. Unless you're in the top 5% of income earners and choose to pay out of pocket then you have experienced meddling in your health care.

4. We need smaller government and a public plan will grow government.
-What we need is government that works for the people. Stop with the tired rhetoric.

5. Canadians hate their health care system and therefore all government options are bad
-I grew up in Canada and also know a lot of Canadians. I can say with certainty that the vast majority of Canadians are happy with and proud of their health care system. In fact, most feel sorry for Americans having to deal with so much uncertainty in accessing health care.

6. Canada's public system isn't working so we should not adopt a public option
-Nobody is proposing that we copy Canada's 1 tier (mostly) health system. Barack Obama supports a public option alongside our private insurance options.