One or many of you are going to respond with, the gov't sucks at everything - please don't. I just makes you look like a shill and stupid.
The public option preserves capitalism and forces insurers, hospitals and doctors to lower their costs in competition = lower their costs and provide better care. As of now they act in unison as if a monopoly. There is no incentive or reason for insurers and hospitals to lower costs - they will charge whatever they think the citizen can barely afford.