Then how do we know what “Public Option” health insurance is? The President needs to step out of the cocoon if he really feels this is something he can pass off on lefties expecting too much. The Public Option was the compromise away from what many lefties initially wanted: single payer health care.

Especially gangs of senators.

Democratic senators say they have a tentative deal to drop a government-run insurance option from healthcare legislation.

No further details were immediately available.

via Senators strike tentative deal to drop public option for health insurance | D.C. Now | Los Angeles Times.

Ah well, on to the next one. The 60 votes have got to be here now.

Much better than a trigger:

Senate Majority Leader  Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Monday that the bill he will bring to the Senate floor will include a public health insurance option that individual states could decline to participate in.

“I’ve concluded –with the support of the White House, Senators Dodd and Baucus — that the best way to move forward is to include a public option with the opt-out provision for states,” said Reid, referring to the Senate health and finance committee representatives, respectively, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.). “The public option, with an opt-out, is the one that’s fair.”

via Reid: “The Public Option With An Opt-Out Is The One That’s Fair”.

Personally, I will take it. Its a start. Let’s see where it ends up after the most exclusive club gets done with it.
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