What it all comes down to

The model of a modern major public option

OK, let's say you refuse to admit that Medicare is a good program and a good model for what a public-run health-insurance plan should look like. How about this?:

If Kaiser is what a government-run, health care provider would look like, why hasn't it been subjected to a barrage of criticism? [...] the people who "hated Kaiser" were only the people who had never tried it.

See what this financial planner has to say about how a single-payer system works for consumers and beats the competition.