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Article: HEALTH-CARE OVERHAUL: ; White House may pull plug on 'public option'
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 17, 2009
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WASHINGTON - Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public,
President Barack Obama's administration signaled Sunday it is ready
to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-
run insurance as part of a new health- care system.
Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration
officials left open the chance for a compromise with Republicans
that would include health insurance cooperatives instead of a
government-run plan. Such a concession probably would enrage Obama's
liberal supporters but could deliver a much-needed victory on a top
domestic priority opposed by GOP lawmakers.
Officials from both political parties reached across the aisle in
an effort to ...