If you’re following the health care debate closely—that is, if you haven’t overdosed on health care reform coverage and resolved to ignore it until it’s all over—then you know we’re getting into some pretty wonkish territory. Public option triggers, state-run exchanges, opt-ins, opt-outs, negotiated rates, medicare + 5—it’s enough to make you ask, is health care reform fatigue a pre-existing condition? Can I rescind my conservative congressman?

Leading the charge for the public option is former Vermont governor, former chair of the DNC, and medical doctor [1] Howard Dean. What’s his take on the public option shenanigans taking place on the Hill? Dean plunked down his two cents on last night’s Rachel Maddow Show.

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