I'd like to point out that any program, public or private, must include things like cost control, quality standards, metrics on performance, innovation to improve processes.    There is nothing inherently evil about process controls, and I consider the essential in delivering a good product or service over a long period of time.    I have no reason to believe staffing by government employee's would produce superior administrative skills.

I'm not sure how wage packages, including benefits, would work out between public and private groups?     

I'm unconvinced that  a single public option would be free of political influence.   This exposes the process to partisan favoritism, often a killer of rational problems solving. 

I'm in favor of a public option, I'm not willing to give it a stamp of approval simply because it isn't profit driven.   I would hope it would be competency driven, very tough when competent people are left behind if they don't have the correct partisan ties.