Gibson: There are doubts whether it is a level playing field. There are 177 million Americans with insurance through employers. A recent study estimates that 2/3 of that group would go to the public option government insurance because it’s cheaper for the employer.
Gibson: You keep saying that if you like what you have, you can keep it. Maybe that isn’t true.
Obama: There are several ways to set up a public option to keep people from dumping their insurance and moving to the public option. One is a pay-or-pay provision, if you’re a large employer and you’re not insuring your employees, you’ll have to kick in money because it’s not fair for taxpayers to pay for your employees.