Senate Finance Committee Debates Public Option

Washington Post by William Branigin | Sep. 29, 2009 (Breaking News)

Washington PostSenate Finance Committee Debates Public OptionWashington PostThe Senate Finance Committee took up the politically volatile issue of a government-run "public option" in health insurance Tuesday as it considered a massive bill to overhaul the nation's health care system. ...Aliens, the Public Option, and UsAtlantic OnlinePublic plan debate could pit Democrat vs. DemocratThe Associated PressSenators Clash on Public Insurance Option Before ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: U.S. Senate, Health Care
Member Tags: health care reform, public option, single payer, Insurance industry, nation
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Posted by: Posted by Barry Grossheim - Sep 29, 2009 - 11:58 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Barry Grossheim (review), Jennifer Nix (review), Andrew Kamerosky (review), ying (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Barry Grossheim - Sep 29, 2009 - 12:43 PM PDT
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 5, 2009
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Barry Grossheim
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 by Barry Grossheim - Sep. 29, 2009

Despite overwhelming public sentiment the Senate Finance Committee voted down the public option in health insurance reform. Chalk one up for the insurance industry.

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Jennifer Nix
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 by Jennifer Nix - Oct. 1, 2009

I would have liked to see something up top in the first or second graf about how many proposals still remain to be voted on, that the public option is not dead.

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 by Andrew Kamerosky - Sep. 29, 2009
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