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SpartanDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 02:31 PM
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Obama presses for public health insurance option
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Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to create a public health insurance program that would compete with private insurers as part of efforts to pass massive health care reform.

"I strongly believe that Americans should have the choice of a public health insurance option operating alongside private plans," Obama said in a letter to Senators Edward Kennedy and Max Baucus that set an October deadline for passing


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE55263L20090603


You can read the full letter here

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009healthcare.ltr.rel.pdf
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