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Some states already poised to opt out of public plan
Washington :: DC :: USA | 19 days ago
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Their efforts could be a harbinger of trouble for the staple feature of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) newly unveiled healthcare plan: a public option that allows states the ability not to participate. Starting as early as this summer,...
Tags: public option, Senate Democrats, New Jersey, public plan, Washington, United States Senate, Public health insurance option, Healthcare reform, Healthcare reform in the United States, Democratic Party, Health insurance, Politics, Social Issues
AP Interview: Snowe says no to Reid's bill
Portland :: OR :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Maine— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid won't be getting Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe's vote on his health care reform bill that includes a government-run insurance option. Snowe was the only Republican on the Senate Finance Committee to vote to advance...
Tags: health care reform, health careful, Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, Senate Finance Committee, House of Representatives, House Democrats, public plan, Harry Reid
Obama stands by public option in healthcare debate
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility A debate over the so-called public option has overshadowed Obama's plan to expand health coverage to tens of millions of Americans while reducing costs and making the health insurance sector more competitive. On Sunday Health and Human Services Secretary...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, public option, Oklahoma County Democratic Party, care reform, president barack, public plan, Nancy Pelosi, insurance option, house speaker
Questions get personal at Obama town hall
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility President Barack Obama says he'd want his own family members to get the best medical care - even if it isn't covered by insurance. At an ABC News town hall event on health care, a doctor asked Obama to promise that his wife and daughters would only get...
Tags: Barack Obama, obama says, health care, public plan
Negotiations over health insurance co-ops at impasse
Dennis :: MA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Most Democrats want a heavy federal presence to ensure the co-ops adequately can compete with the big insurers and help drive down costs, but Republicans say they will back co-ops only if the touch from Washington is light. Republicans say anything more...
Tags: public plan
Discord grows over public health care plan
Ama :: LA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The mood was upbeat in early March when scores of powerful lawmakers and lobbyists joined President Obama in the East Room of the White House to talk about fixing the nation's health care system. Still, Sen. Chuck Grassley , R-Iowa, rose to tell Obama...
Tags: health care, Barack Obama, public plan, public option
Politico: Public insurance option not a sure bet
Boston :: MA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Ahead of the second round of health care reform talks, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus said Monday that the public insurance option remains under consideration – but the committee will also need to look at alternatives. “Otherwise it can be difficult...
Tags: Senate Finance Committee, plan option, participants debated, Max Baucus, public plan, public insurers
Liberal senators tout public health insurance plan
New York :: NY :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The public plan option, as it's called, emerged early on as one of the most controversial elements of the Democratic health reform plan. Though President Obama endorsed it on the campaign trail and Kennedy and Baucus have also offered their support, liberal...
Tags: public plan, health care, Senate Dems, public health
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