Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an editorial that called on President Barack Obama to cling to the ill-fated “public option” that has served as a cornerstone of his government-run health care plan. While the piece contains many of the standard talking points for ObamaCare, one passage in particular stuck out:

“But the president shouldn't give up on this sensible idea unless a better proposal is developed. A public plan would have real advantages. Because a government-run plan would not be profit-driven, it could offer lower premiums than many private plans. It probably could negotiate lower prices from health-care providers.”

And that, sadly, is the crux of the problem. What President Obama and the Democrats are offering to Americans is the creation of a government-run program that will enter into an industry with the knowledge that it will cost taxpayers trillions of dollars while leaving millions of Americans without health insurance.

Thus, if a private insurance company is forced to compete with an entity (in this case the federal government) that is willing to lose untold amounts of money while providing the same services, how long will it be before the private insurance company is forced to close? Now imagine that pattern repeated thousands of times.

In short, the implementation of President Barack Obama and the Democrats’ government-run health care will lead to a situation in which millions of Americans will be forced to enter into a government-run health care plan because of these circumstances. If the continuous phone calls, town halls and poll numbers are any indication, this is a premise that Americans are in no way willing to accept.