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Archive Home > 2009 > October > 01 > Congress ignores Americans’ support for the public option

Congress ignores Americans’ support for the public option


October 1, 2009

"Rome was not built in a day," Montana Democrat Max Baucus said with resignation after the Senate committee he heads voted to reject a "public option." A government-run health plan that would compete with private insurers' offerings, the public option is a means to curb....

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