Health Analyst Calls State Opt-Out Provision “Political Suicide”
Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the CATO Institute, condemned the recently proposed opt-out provision added the public option as ‘political suicide’ for state officials.
“What Governor or state official is going to say, ‘I know you’re tax dollars are subsidizing this government program, but I’m not going to let you get your tax dollars back by participating in that program?’ That would be political suicide for state officials,” Cannon told TRNS (0:42)
October 27, 2009
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