Senate Bill Will Include Public Option With State Opt-Out Provision

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by Chris Fleming in the Health Affairs Blog

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) answered some important questions at his Capitol Hill news conference today: The health reform bill he will send to the Senate floor will include a public health insurance plan with a state opt-out provision, and as a result the much-courted Sen. Olympia Snowe (D-ME) — the lone Republican to vote in committee for any Congressional health reform measure – will at least as of now not support the bill.
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