Assessing a "Public Option" for Health Care

(Photos by Robin Holland)

This week on the JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with Wendell Potter, a former health insurance executive who left the industry to become an advocate for health care reform. Potter discussed the industry's history of denying care to members and its extensive efforts to prevent the federal government from creating a "public option" for health insurance to compete with private plans. Potter said:

"The industry has always tri