President Obama delivers remarks about health care reform with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Chairman and CEO George Halverson (L), American Medical Association President-Elect J. James Rohack, M.D.,and other healthcare leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House May 11, 2009. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The pros and cons of a public health care plan
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Health insurance companies worry a public option that the Obama administration wants will spell trouble in the marketplace. What is a public plan and how much will such a plan cost?
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G. William Hoagland: Vice president of public policy for CIGNA, a health insurance company based in Philadelphia.
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Jacob Hacker: Professor of political science and Faculty Co-Director of the Center on Health Economic & Family Security at UC Berkeley School of Law.
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Maya MacGuineas: President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Director, Fiscal Policy Program at the New America Foundation
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