Obama Promised ‘Public Option’in Winning Vote

By Theodore Kettle,Newsmax

 Obama kisses up to the moderates to get his first bill through,now he will try and change it to add a public option

In pressuring the most liberal Democratic congressmen to vote for the health reform bill that passed the House on Sunday,President Obama soothed [...]

Sebelius:White House may fight for public option in health bill

By Eric Zimmermann,The Hill

 Is it dead yet? Maybe not…

The White House is willing to make a push for the public option if Senate Democrats decide to bring it up for a vote,Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said tonight.

Eighteen Senators have signed a letter [...]

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President Obama Lies “I Didn’t Campaign on the Public Option”

By Jake Tapper,ABC

Obama speaking in 2010…

"I didn’t campaign on the public option,"President Obama told the Washington Post yesterday.

Is that true? It depends on what the meaning of "campaign"is.

Was it a major emphasis of his campaign? Not after he won [...]

Is Senate ‘Compromise’Really a Public Option on Steroids?

Chicago Tribune

 Liberal Senators love Reids “compromise”

The unexpected new proposal for breaking the impasse over the so-called public option won President Barack Obama’s endorsement Wednesday and sent hopes surging among a wide array of Democrats that the way may be clearing to pass their massive Senate health care bill [...]

Dramatic defeat for Obama as Senate Dems ‘drop public option’from healthcare reform

The UK Daily Mail

Barack Obama’s plans to reform American healthcare been dealt a massive blow after Democrats in the Senate appear to have dropped plans for an NHS-style insurance scheme in the U.S.

Plans for the government-run health insurance scheme seem to have been dropped last night [...]

House Democrats prepare to unveil health bill

By ERICA WERNER,AP

Pelosi pushes a more liberal version of Obamacare forward

House Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America’s medical landscape,requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new government-run insurance option for millions.

House Speaker Nancy [...]

Privately,Barack Obama strongly backs public option

By Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook,Chicago Tribune

Despite months of seeming ambivalence about creating a government health insurance plan,the Obama White House has launched an intensifying behind-the-scenes campaign to get divided Senate Democrats to take up some version of the idea in the weeks just ahead.

Senate Finance Committee Votes Against Government-Run Health Insurance Plan

FOXNews.com

Public Option is rejected by key Senate Committee

In a decisive vote that could forecast the demise of a proposed government health insurance plan,the Senate Finance Committee voted twice Tuesday against creating a "public option"that would compete with private companies.

The two votes marked a [...]

Obama Firm on Government Option in Obamacare

By Michelle Levi,CBS News

Senior White House adviser David Axelrod said President Obama is "not willing to accept"that a so-called public option "is not going to be in the final package"of health-care legislation on "Face the Nation"Sunday.

"He continues to believe it’s a good idea,"[...]