Health Care Reform Debate

The pros and cons of a public health care plan

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?

Guests

• G. William Hoagland: Vice president of public policy for CIGNA, a health insurance company based in Philadelphia.
• Jacob Hacker: Professor of political science and Faculty Co-Director of the Center on Health Economic & Family Security at UC Berkeley School of Law.
• Maya MacGuineas: President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Director, Fiscal Policy Program at the New America Foundation

More from MPR

• The politics of health care reform
  June 22, 2009
• Dr. Jon Hallberg on Obama's health care speech to the AMA
  June 16, 2009
• Single payer health plan off the table?
  June 16, 2009

Resources

• CIGNA
• Jacob Hacker's Web site
• About Maya MacGuineas