The Health Committee included a form of the public option in its bill, while the Finance Committee did not.
Because Senator Feingold said that the lack of support from the administration made keeping the public option in the bill an uphill struggle.
So it might seem logical that Senate Democrats, with their 60-vote majority, would include a public option in the bill that's headed for the Senate floor.
My understanding is that the White House's position has always been that it favours a public option, thinks a public option is a good idea, wants to see a public option in a bill, and also wants to sign a health reform bill that passes congress, covers the uninsured, and reduces long-run health cost inflation relative to current baseline projections.
In exchange for this the US government receives a lower Debt-to-GDP ratio, which affords it the option of reducing its Treasury Bill exposure should interest rates rise.
Dell's board "is saying that no better option exists, " said Bill Nygren, manager of the Oakmark Fund and affiliates, which own about 25 million shares of Dell stock.
The HELP Committee's bill includes a public option, while the Finance Committee's does not.
Max Baucus, the Democrat who chairs the Finance Committee, also voted against putting a public option in his panel's bill.
Several top Democrats have previously expressed concern that the traditionally conservative Senate would not pass a bill with a public option.
"If other parties do not want to adopt the approach that I am recommending, they will have that option when the Crime and Courts Bill is debated on Monday night, " he said.
Lieberman says he's inclined to vote with his caucus against any GOP filibuster aimed at blocking a health care bill with a public option from coming to the Senate floor, "because our country needs health insurance reform, " he says.
They had also argued that borrowing the money to pay the tax bill was the best option for Harbinger's investors because most of Mr. Falcone's assets were illiquid, and because Mr. Falcone believed there were a lack of financing alternatives.
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"If it doesn't have a public option, it's not a bill, " Burris says.
Not that I agree with this bill, but the other option is unthinkable.
Joe Lieberman (I-CT) last year demanded that the public option be stripped from the health care bill before he would vote for it.
She voted against including a public option in the Finance Committee's bill.
She faces a potentially difficult re-election bid next year, and hesitates when asked whether she'd vote for a health care bill that has a public option.
The budget office, however, found that a health care reform bill that includes a public option sought by Democrats would result in 3 million more people enrolled in employer-sponsored coverage by 2016, compared with what would happen under current laws.
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After Hoyer's conference call, an aide told CNN that the majority leader is in full agreement with the speaker about the need for a public option, and that a health reform bill will be hard to pass in the House without one.
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And Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, who really has been continuing to negotiate with the Democrats in the Senate on this bill, emphasized repeatedly the option of cooperative for health insurance companies rather than a public option, where the government would back one option.
It is about differences in ideology on the public option and abortion that has slowed down the bill.
Maine's 2003 reform plan, Dirigo Health, included a government insurance option resembling the public option included in the House health-care bill.
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Meanwhile, at the state level, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin just signed a bill that will create a public insurance option within his borders.
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But, the public option isn't the main part of the bill, and it's not the hill that health coverage reform should die on.
Further complicating matters is Illinois Democrat Roland Burris, who says he won't vote for a health care bill unless it does have a public option.
Earlier, the House passed an amendment to pending health care legislation that prohibits federal funds for abortion services in the public option and in the insurance "exchange" the bill would create.
The House bill includes Democratic proposals for a public option, mandates that people be insured and that employers provide coverage, and eliminates a pre-existing condition as a reason to withhold coverage.
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Olympia Snowe of Maine said deep divisions over a public option were holding back progress on a bipartisan health care bill.
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