Gibbs Public Option

The Real Reason Obama's Plan Doesn't Include a Public Option

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

The real reason Obama's health care plan doesn't include a public option is that he made a backroom deal last summer with the for-profit hospital industry that there would be no meaningful public option.

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Sam Stein

Gibbs: The Public Plan Doesn't Have The Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House made it official on Tuesday: the president doesn't think the votes are there to get a public option passed through reconciliation and ...

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Sam Stein

Gibbs Explains Why Obama Didn't Include Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House decided not to include a public option for insurance coverage in its final health care proposal because of concerns about vote count, ...

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