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Need For Healthcare Too Great to Dismiss Public Option

The battle over the public option isn't over yet, as there is at least one more card to play. But how in the world could Senate Democrats get to the point where the concept of the public option is even particularly controversial? What does that make... ...full story at digg

from digg on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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27 Oct 09 visit The Public Option With An Opt-Out Is In  »  digg The public option lives. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Monday that the bill he will bring to the Senate floor will include a public health insurance option that individual states could decline to participate in.
30 Sep 09 visit Five Dems Help Kill First Public Option Amendment  »  digg Five Democrats joined with all the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee to shoot down a public health insurance option on Tuesday, voting 15-8 to reject an amendment by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).
26 Sep 09 visit Poll: Public Option Favored By 65% Of Americans  »  digg A New York Times/CBS poll found that 65% of respondents want a public health care option, while only 26% opposed such a plan.
19 Aug 09 visit Maddow: Public Option Dying Because Of Dems' Political Colla  »  digg MSNBC's Rachel Maddow went hard after President Obama Monday night for his willingness to give up a public health care option.
21 Aug 09 visit New Poll: 77 Percent Support "Choice" Of Public Option  »  digg More than three out of every four Americans feel it is important to have a "choice" between a government-run health care insurance option and private coverage, according to a public opinion poll released on Thursday.

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