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At this point, however, they're trying to kill the public option in more subtle ways.

The Health Committee included a form of the public option in its bill; the Finance Committee did not.

The debate over the public option has, as I said, been depressing in its inanity.

At present, the public option may fold into a non-profit option, which is at least a start.

Several top Democrats have expressed concern that the traditionally conservative Senate would not pass a bill with a public option.

Republicans argue a government plan , also known as the public option, would undermine the private insurance industry .

States ought to have the opportunity to deal with this without a national public option, '' Mr. Nelson said.

Liberal Democrats, including Speaker Pelosi, insist that a public option must be part of any bill eventually passed by Congress.

The Senate Finance Committee approved a sweeping health care bill last week that did not include a public option.

Many on the left who made a fetish out of the so-called "public option" will not forgive Mr Obama for ditching it.

Although Obama has indicated his preference for a public option, he has not indicated that he would a veto a bill without one.

You've got a health-care bill where the public option may or may not survive, you've got some challenges on the reproductive-rights front.

The public option, which would force insurance companies to prove their usefulness or fade away, settled some of those qualms.

When Democrats scrapped the public option, the health care bill got worse, yet still remained a landmark piece of social legislation.

One reason to think so is the deft way Mr Obama signalled a willingness to compromise on the "public option" this week.

If you don't want to have the public option . . . just do a little insurance reform . . . and then we'll tackle health reform another time.

In his speech Mr Obama hedged his bets, sticking with the public option but signalling a willingness to compromise.

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called a strong public option "essential" for any bill to pass in the House.

And that's why the mixed signals on the public option created such an uproar.

The public option has been raised as a bone of contention by several of the more conservative Democratic senators.

But when asked whether the public option was non-negotiable he waffled , declaring that there are no "lines in the sand. "

Now, the source of a lot of these fears about government-run health care is confusion over what's called the public option.

The major difference is that this time they also want a "public option, " an insurance program open to everyone and run by the government.

The new proposal from Congress would not have a public option that's something the White House and top Democrats still watch.

The biggest advance came late on December 8th, when news surfaced of a breakthrough deal on the public option.

Initial reports had him declaring willingness to abandon the public option, but Senator Kent Conrad's staff later denied that.

As President Obama said in his letter, we need a serious, real public option to keep the insurance companies honest.

Oh, and health care reform that is either "the path to socialism" or "useless without a public option, " depending on your politics.

"IT'S not really a public option, it's a consumer option. " So declared Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, this week.

The most disputed part of the bill is a "public option" for individuals and small businesses.

The debate over the "public option" in health care has been dismaying in many ways.

He will surprise everyone by voting for the Health Care Reform with a Public Option built in.

The public option, however, has exposed health reform's politicalfault lines among Democrats.

Once the public option was dropped, most insurers favored the bill.

But let's not pretend we're doing reform without a public option.

the public option a way to create effective competition and hold costs down further.

This record indicates that the auditing public option has been changed.

In the illusory world of middle class American values, a public option is not needed.

However, the public option has been criticized as too limiteda reform by some liberal Democrats.

Thus, in order to move part of the agenda forward, he has reluctantly dropped the public option.

But there is strong resistance in the Senate to a public option.

There's gonna be a "Public Option"

IT'S not really a public option, it's a consumer option.

Now, I know there's some concern about a public option.

But that's a public option. I'mma let you finish.

A "public option. "

What is needed is a public option.

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the left, which is worried the president is rowing back on commitments to offer a public option for the uninsured;

Yet liberals are disappointed because it lacks the "public option" , a government-run scheme that would compete with private plans;

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