The argument for the public option (in brief)
Submitted by Jonathan on Mon, 2009-08-17 21:35
...the private health insurance industry is irreversibly compromised by its need to turn a profit. But we don't want people's access to health care to be governed by whether or not they're profitable.
Ezra Klein (link)

I have been wondering about
I have been wondering about this - why people think it is so much better that greedy for-profit corporations are in charge of their health instead of the government.