Mar. 2—Nearly two decades ago, progressives fought to include a so-called public option — a government-run health plan — in the broad health care overhaul known as Obamacare. That effort failed, ...

Affordable Care Act Sign, A red, white and blue highway sign with words Affordable Care Act and an arrow sign with sky background U.S. Representative Angie Craig (D-Minnesota) introduced a bill last ...

The Medicare-X Choice Act, introduced last year by Sen. Michael Bennett, D-Colo., and nine of his fellow Senate Democrats, ...

It’s tempting to blame the late Joe Lieberman for this mess. Over the weekend, customers on the health insurance marketplaces around the country began shopping for insurance plans for next year. There ...

More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada's new public-option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower prices to the health insurance market. Those ...

Medicare for All has been a highly discussed topic, but there's another option that not as many people are talking about: The public option. In this article, we'll discuss Medicare for All versus the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman looks at health insurance options on Nevada’s health exchange. This year Nevada became the third state to add a public ...