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Article: A delicate dance on the public plan; Health care; Obama still wants it, but is it a do-or-die issue for overhaul?(News)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
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- September 7, 2009
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Byline: Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar; The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's bottom line on a government health-insurance option blurred Sunday as White House officials stressed support but stopped short of calling it a must-have part of an overhaul.
As President Obama prepares for a Wednesday night speech to Congress in a risky bid to salvage his top domestic priority, no other issue is so highly charged. Obama's liberal supporters consider the proposal for a public plan to compete with private insurers do-or-die. Republicans say it's unacceptable. It's doubtful the public plan can pass the Senate.
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