Updated w/Video: Senate Health Bill To Include Public Option
| By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio - Oct 26th, 2009 at 3:36 pm EDT |
States will be given the option of 'opting out' of the plan
Majority Leader Harry Reid says health care legislation headed to the Senate floor will include an option for government-run insurance.
Reid says states will have the prerogative of opting out of the program if they choose.
Reid noted that polls show widespread public support for giving the government a role in the overhauled health care system envisioned by President Barack Obama and his allies in Congress.
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