https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2010/01/16/dont-forget-the-other-public-option-debate/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 13:04:21 -0400<![CDATA[With all of the attention in politics going to government takeovers and job losses, one issue that has elements of both remains mainly in the shadows despite an activist Congress pushing it hard.  And in this case, the bill working its way quietly through Capitol Hill offices is an explicit single-payer plan that essentially nationalizes a private-sector industry.  That sounds like health care, but actually is the Democratic Party&#8217;s attempt to seize the student-loan industry &#8212; which provides a model for how ObamaCare will eventually follow the same path.  Dana Perino wonders why this has not received the kind of attention it deserves:]]>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:30:56 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2010/01/16/dont-forget-the-other-public-option-debate-n166804