The four articles are written by Kip Sullivan, a nationally recognized expert on health care systems whose life work is to analyze and explain health care systems to non-experts in the field. (That would be you and me, legislators, unions, clergy, news organizations, citizen groups) If you read these information rich, well documented, well written, and easy to understand analysis of the history of the "Public Option" , the current state of the "Public Option" and the future of the "Public Option," you will know more about the "Public Option" than 99% per cent of your friends, and more about it than most congress critters do.
Bait and Switch: How the Public Option was sold.--- History and overview of the "Public Option" and how it came into vogue
http://pnhp.org/blog/2009/07/20/bait-and-s... /
Does The Congressional Progressive Caucus Care About It's Public Option Principles?---- Public Option and Congressional Politics: What's going on?
http://pnhp.org/blog/2009/07/28/does-the-c... /
Reply to Critics of Bait and Switch: How the "Public Option" Was Sold --- A Rebuttal To A Scandalized Bloggosphere
http://pnhp.org/blog/2009/08/08/reply-to-c... /
The Senate HELP Committe “Public Option” Will Be Multiple “Options,” And These Will Be Run By Insurance Companies ----Analysis of the "Public Option" in the Senate HELP Committee Bill
http://pnhp.org/blog/2009/08/14/the-senate... Happy Reading.