What Do States Mean When They Say ‘Public Option’?

Route Fifty: When Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee last month signed a law creating a new health plan alternative for Washington state residents, many accounts proclaimed Washington to be the first state with a “public option.”

But the term is difficult to define — even the word “public” is slippery in the context of health care.

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