Because you want to have competition to drive down the price. You want innovation. You have the ability to get people to agree that it's worth having a public plan. You could get private insurers to cover this population, but you couldn't without giving the population leverage in the marketplace.

Iraq War
On the issue of the Iraq war on October 11 2002 Cantwell voted in favor of the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq. N. On September 29 2009 when the Finance Committee considered health care reform legislation Cantwell supported amendments to establish a public health care option that would compete with private insurers.

Cantwell (born October 13 1958) is the junior United States Senator from the state of Washington serving since 2001. She is currently chairwoman of the Committee on Indian Affairs. Maria E.