Public option dies, for now
Today, the Senate Finance Committee voted down the amendment for a public option to be included in that committee’s health reform bill.
Specifically, this was the Rockefeller amendment that would include the public option which is a part of the other 4 committees’ approved bills.
Voting against the bill were Conrad (D-ND), Baucus (D-MT), Carper (D-DE), Lincoln (D-AR) and Nelson (D-FL), and all 10 of the Committee Republicans.
More importantly now is the Schumer/Cantwell amendment for the public option. It’s being debated as I type at 3:15 EST. Still looks to go down, however. It’s a slightly different model – around whether rates float based upon negotiations (Schumer/Cantwell) or whether they are pegged to Medicare (Rockefeller).
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