WAIT! Before you lambast me over my stupidity at not knowing and understanding the public option, before you say I should read this or that .... WAIT.
I watch TV some. I'm very busy with crucial matters. I AM JANE DOE in this instance because I'm busy USING the health care system! ... AND I am a Democrat.
I have not seen or heard "Public Option" defined - except by Republicans who say that it is government takeover of the health care system, the government guy standing between you and your doctor (which is riduculous because we have health insurance people doing that now), "death panels" - "they're coming, no they're not, yes they are!", the government funding of abortion, government Free insurance for non-citizens (forget prolife when it comes to "them"), etc.
Keeping in mind that many if not most Americans heed that 30 second soundbite OR what their "friend" says about communist facist liberal, no-morals, taxing, big government, big spending Democrats, where the hell is the Democratic Party definition of public option and why am I not bombarded with it on the TV?
Piss poor marketing or piss poor product. One or the other or both.