[tsmith130]

It does not outlaw individual private coverage – you can still buy the plan on the Exchange where they will compete with the public option, not be replaced by it.

Riiiight...and private companies will be able to compete on this 'Exchange' with the 'public option' how exactly? The government doesn't have to show a profit...look at Amtrak and the USPS.

At the end of the day, private insurance companies will have fewer and fewer participants...until...poof...they're out of business.

[tx_eggman]

"It does not outlaw individual private coverage – you can still buy the plan on the Exchange where they will compete with the public option, not be replaced by it."

Riiiight...and private companies will be able to compete on this 'Exchange' with the 'public option' how exactly? The government doesn't have to show a profit...look at Amtrak and the USPS.

That's not my quote, it's the quote of someone who doesn't understand the show.