When Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and the entire Senate Republican caucus was to kill the public’s choice in the Senate is important to remember that the industry of health insurance and earns 300 million dollars. Like Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) is trying to destroy efforts to revive public choice in an act of reconciliation, which is fighting to protect an additional $ 300 billion would go to achieve the first of this fact. Public Choice is not just a “piece” Obama tried to claim. It was one of the fundamental rights of morality and governance. But what is also on the amount of money.

CBO projects a relatively small choice, limited only to points of change in health care will be strong at home around a fifth of the market, equivalent to about 6 million people (PDF). CBO concluded that because of the 6 million subscribers, the community of the election is fixed at 298 million U.S. dollars (PDF), direct premiums, subsidies for change and adjustment payments risk 2013-2019. However, the public’s choice eliminated, but the remainder of the term individually at U.S. $ 300 million not directly to the books of private insurance companies. If, like me, personally, I suspect, CBO underestimated the popularity of some public choice, and not for one third of customers in the market, which will be around 500 million people who make a choice private insurance companies.

I have often heard the argument that the public’s choice is not important because only 2% of Americans use. True, but it is important to remember that about one third of the courses provided by public programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE. Of course, nearly half of Americans with private health insurance, mostly arrived there by the coverage provided by the employer, plan self-financing. Schemes where employers take the risk and keep premiums. Insurance companies as a subcontractor to perform the administrative functions. 6 million people are expected to cover public’s choice is a potentially large market for private insurance companies and has been extended because the amount of money you receive an equity position.

It is important to consider the scope of private insurance companies, if not win the reform of the health of the population has even a relatively small selection. This is a victory that will pay an additional $ 300 billion of our money. Without doubt some of these funds will be used in future to fight against efforts to enact health reform is real.