re: #341 BryanS

You would not have the “option”, really. You’re employer pays the 8%, you are now in the public option. No real choice there. And since when can the poor and middle class pay for health care twice, nomatter how cheap it is? Your employer pays 8% for your “free” health care. You’re not going to go out and buy a plan on top of that unless you are on the top of the pay scale.

I don’t think that’s the way it works. If your employer doesn’t provide health insurance, he or she pays an 8% fine. You’re on your own, and you can buy insurance from a private company or through a plan administered by the government.