Unexpected Revival Breathes New Life Into Public Option

Washington Post by Dan Balz | Oct. 25, 2009 (News Analysis)

The resurrection of the public option is the latest and one of the most surprising turns in the long battle over legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. Under assault for months, declared on life support repeatedly Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Oct 24, 2009 - 10:34 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Oct 25, 2009 - 4:39 AM PDT
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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Oct. 25, 2009

An excellent explanation or the rebirth of the public option.

There is indeed a danger here if there is a state opt-out option I fear that would be worse then no public option at all; since to change this would ... More »

The conservative opposition and the administration’s apparent wobbliness prompted a counterattack by liberal advocates of the public option, who saw it as the holy ... More »

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