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,"[...]