Public Health Moment

Whether or not Congress votes to include the hotly debated Public Option plan in its health reform legislation this year, the overall bill will fall short of comprehensive reform, says Lynn Blewett, an associate professor of health policy at the University of Minnesota.

For example, she says, the bill will fall short of providing health insurance for all of the nation's 46 million uninsured.

Blewett believes a bill will definitely pass this year, but it will be the start of ongoing, incremental reform.

Listen to Blewett on Public Health Moment