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Politics : Sioux Nation
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (182246)12/9/2009 3:26:33 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (2) of 362216
 
looks like they plan to do both, of course it's still secret:
A Senate deal worked out behind closed doors that would nix the "public option" got the green light from President Obama and could gain broad support in the health care debate, although details remain murky.
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A Senate agreement could move the health care reform legislation forward.

Obama today threw his weight behind the Senate health care deal, hailing the "critical progress" lawmakers made on a "creative new framework that I believe will help pave the way for final passage and a historic achievement on behalf of the American people.

"I support this effort," the president said today.

Instead of a new government-run insurance program supported by liberal Democrats, the new Senate proposal would expand Medicare and allow people ages 55 to 64 to buy into the program, starting in 2011.

It would also give people the option to purchase private insurance from a national non-profit insurance program that would be overseen by the Office of Personnel Management, which supervises the health plan that's offered to federal employees and members of Congress.

There were also rumblings that a public option, supported by liberal Democrats, would kick in if the national plan failed.

Democrats will suspend the health care debate on the Senate floor at 5 p.m. today and move to a special, closed-door meeting to discuss their thus-far secret plan.
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