Also, Dem sen. calls Obama's health care pitch a 'wasted effort'
(NEWSER) - Liberal lawmakers are demanding that a public option be included in a final health care reform package, but top Obama administration officials seemed to hedge on the subject today, Politico reports. On Face the Nation, Robert Gibbs said “thus far” President Obama sees a government-funded system as the best way to increase competition in the private insurance market, while on State of the Union, Kathleen Sebelius said a public option “is not the essential element” of reform. More»
