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Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Plan Option
Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Plan Option
A Ault
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2009 Sept 30
Elsevier Global Medical News
Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Plan Option
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Sept 30, A Ault
WASHINGTON (EGMN) – The Senate Finance Committee voted Sept. 29 against including any type of public plan option in the health reform package it is drafting, but supporters said they believe a public plan option will resurface and be included when the bill is brought to the full Senate for a vote. Committee members voted 15-8 against an amendment offered by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.). The amendment would have created a plan subsidized by government funding. Providers essentially would have...