Obama Still Backs Public Option

Item: Obama still prefers public option, White House says /USA Today

More Info: Gibbs denounced reports that the administration may drop its support for a publicly funded insurance option because of intense opposition. He attributed the reports to a media “overreaction” after the comment by Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that a public option is not “essential” to a health care plan. Obama himself stoked commentary with his statement Saturday that “the public option, whether we have it or we don’t have it , is not the entirety of health care reform.”

Question: Is publicly funded insurance still a viable plan today?