Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Health Care Reform - Senate Finance Rejects Public Plan Option

After a day's worth of debate, members of the Senate Finance Committee voted 15-8 against a public plan option introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).

Of all the various health reform bills moving through Congress, this is the only one without a provision for a government-run public plan option.

See the NY Times coverage at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/health/policy/30health.html?_r=1&hp

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