House Liberals: Bill Must Include Public Option
August 24, 2009 at 1:45 pm · Filed under Medical News, Health Insurance / Medical Insurance
“With the battle over health care reform heating up over the issue of a public insurance option, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the House must pass an overhaul that includes a public option,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The comments came at a San Francisco news conference. Referring to the growing momentum behind a plan for Washington to seed privately-operated, consumer-owned health insurance cooperatives, the California Democrat said, “If someone thinks that a co-op can work for their state, that’s fine. … But it is not a substitute for a public option.” She also said, “If someone can come up with a better idea, let them put it on the table. But we haven’t heard that yet.”