There were many political commentators during the 2012 arguing that the Medicare Options of Paul Ryan and Ron Wyden would lead inevitably to the destruction of the Medicare Traditional System but I can't see that. Rick Ungar, a Contributor of Forbes,
said that the private plans would only choose those with good healthcare and, by cherry picking seniors, they would make the Government Option a huge high-risk polls, inevitably creating a too expensive governmental and killing it. But I think that
he doesn't really know what was written on this Bi-Partisan Bill. Just like and even stronger than in the Affordable Care Act Exchanges, the new Medicare Exchange would create strict community rating demands as well as not allowing private plans to choose only the healthier seniors. Basically, there would not be any kind of cherry picking because the law disallow the Market of doing so.
From an strategical point view, I understand that it is very easy for the Democratic Party to attack the Ryan-Widen Plan but, in fact, if you consider how things would end up happening, the Medicare Options plan would be the testimony of how Single-Payer Healthcare is the only wise alternative for cheaper and better healthcare. On this Medicare Options system that would likely emerge, Private Plans would never be seen as the better option and I have no doubts that they wouldn't beat the traditional Public Medicare Option. Ron Wyden himself could argue that this would be one of the major reasons why
every American should have the right to decide if they want private coverage or the traditional Medicare.
The Plan would be like that: Exchanges for Everyone but with a Public Option >>> Single-Payer Wins!
