Reconciliation May Force A Public Option Too Liberal For Some Dems
Talking Points Memo:
As Senate leaders begin work on a Democrat-only health care bill, they're finding themselves confronted with an unexpected irony: Though the caucus has reached an uneasy consensus around a public option that's modeled in many ways after a private insurer, it may be necessary to make the public option more liberal, and thus, more politically radioactive, if it's to overcome a number of unique procedural hurdles.






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First Posted: 09- 1-09 12:41 PM | Updated: 09- 1-09 12:55 PM