#publicoption — Public Fediverse posts

"The critics who cry nationalization are not really arguing about economics. They are arguing about whether there is still a place in our political imagination for the idea that some spaces belong to everyone and cannot be allowed to become the exclusive property of whoever can extract the most profit from them."

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/05/opinion/canada-avi-lewis-public-options-nationalization

#CanadianPolitics #CanPol #PublicOption

Here is where the top Democrats for California Governor stand on Universal Healthcare:

SWALWELL: Supports a public option

PORTER: Supports single-payer health care

STEYER: Support single-payer health care

BECERRA: Supports single-payer health care

THURMOND: Supports single-payer health care

YEE: Supports single-payer health care

VILLARAIGOSA: Supports a public option

https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/03/california-governor-single-payer-health-care/

#California #universalHealthCare #singlepayer #publicoption

#SundayShowdown

IN JUST 4 DAYS, the #ACA subsidies are set to expire and health #insurance premiums for tens of millions are about to skyrocket.

Shocker: The people expected to be hit the hardest by the ending of these subsidies live in Deep Red states.

REMINDER: Every method in the ACA to control prices… a #PublicOption & The #Mandate… were stripped out by #Republicans, who are ending the subsidies on the grounds "#ObamaCare has failed [to control costs.]"
#HappyNewYear

@womenforward.us
I remind everyone that the two mechanisms in the #ACA to control costs… a #PublicOption & the #mandate… were stripped out by the #GOP, which now argues "#ObamaCare doesn't work and we need to get rid of it [rather than renew the subsidies.]"

@samiamsam
THE IRONY IS that #Republicans REMOVED every mechanism designed to control costs under the #ACA... a #PublicOption & the #mandate... and now defend getting rid of "#ObamaCare" (with no replacement) on the grounds it is doing nothing to control costs. 🤦‍♂️

@rbreich Audacity / hope / change / yes-we-can Obama sold US out in 2009-10,😡 didn't fight hard enough for public option, never mind single-payer.😡ACA further enabled insurance mafia extortion, infrastructure.😡 Former Sen. Tom Harkin: Dems "…had a huge majority in the House… 60 votes in the Senate… we blew it…"
#TomHarkin #Obamacare #Romneycare #publicOption #singlePayer #M4A #MedicareForAll #universalhealthcoverage #UHC #AmeriCare

@davidsirota
If only audacity - hope - change - yes-we-can (but won't 😡) #Obama (and sidekick #Biden) had stood up to Rahm Emanuel, Joe Lieberman, Max Baucus, others and fought for public option (never mind single-payer Universal Health Coverage Medicare-for-All)😡
#PublicOption #M4A #RahmEmanuel #JoeLieberman #MaxBaucus

Is It Time for a #PublicOption for #Groceries?

In communities where access to #freshfood is scarce, public #grocerystores can provide crucial resources at #lowerprices.

https://progressive.org/latest/is-it-time-for-a-public-option-for-groceries-daigon-20250623/

@georgetakei
There is a dichotomy I've never been able to wrap my head around:

👉 How so many RW Americans will get SO upset if you threaten their #Medicare or #Medicaid, but then attack/condemn/scream if you dare suggest making it available to everyone, calling you a #Communist/#Socialist, to the point of threatening violence.

Give it to Grandma and it's a life saver. Offer it to everyone as a #PublicOption and it means #DeathPanels. 🤦‍♂️ #RWNJs

Editorial re: anniversary of March 23, 2010 Obamacare #AffordableCareAct #PPACA #ACA signing by Mr. #AudacityOfHope #Obama #HopeChange #ObamaBiden #JoeBiden

#SinglePayer #MedicareForAll #Americare #UniversalHealthCoverage #UHC2030 #monopsony🙏🖖> #PublicOption👍(#Baucus #Lieberman, #Podesta, et al. sabotage🖕) > #Obamacare / Heritage Foundation #RomneyCare☹️ pre-ACA gaslit / Stockholm syndrome pre-existing condition health insurance disqualification, denial👎😡🖕
Cc: @PDAmerica