Post by dgriffin on Oct 25, 2009 9:44:40 GMT -5
How the "Public Option" came back to life.
New life for the public option
By Dan Balz
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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, and declared on life support repeatedly in recent weeks, the provision for a public insurance option is unexpectedly alive as House and Senate leaders prepare to send their bills to the floor.
That doesn't mean it's a done deal. Whether it survives the final battles, and in what form, are still the unanswerable questions. Multiple versions of a public option are on the table. Liberal and moderate Democrats are still at odds and are drawing lines in the sand in hopes of exercising maximum influence on the outcome.
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/24/AR2009102401194.html?hpid=moreheadlines