In what way is a "public option"[0] not socialised medicine?

> In the 2008 Obama-Biden health care plan on the campaign’s website, candidate Obama promised that “any American will have the opportunity to enroll in [a] new public plan.”

[0]https://thinkprogress.org/flashback-obama-repeatedly-touted-...

Correct! At least not when he was running for the presidency.

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jul...

People forget that his healthcare proposal as a candidate was to the right of Clinton's.