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  1. Aug 2019
    1. more than 400% above the federal poverty level,83% of employees are offered employment-basedinsurance.5In households with a family income levelbetween 100% and 250% of the federal povertylevel, only 38% are offered employment-basedinsurance.5
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    1. Theoretically, the public option should be more affordable for consumers because the government could use its heft to negotiate lower rates with doctors and hospitals and to reduce costs

      Other tactic that allows more affordable costs.

    2. shifting control to the federal government and essentially eliminating the private insurance industry.

      A possible tactic that would benefit our problem with medicare.