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Public Option a Go: Reid

Senate bill will include government health plan, with opt-out

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 26, 2009 4:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – Harry Reid will include a public insurance plan in the pending health care reform bill, with a provision allowing individual states to refuse to participate. The Senate majority leader’s bill is likely to include an “opt-out” version of the public plan, taken from... Read full story »

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