Percentages for all three groups are very similar on the need for a public plan.
Senator Grassley said two days ago, if you want any Republican votes, no public plan option.
Republicans oppose a public plan, so does the American Medical Association, the country's biggest doctors lobby.
Another big snag is that the left will now try to tack on a public plan.
As expected, it included a robust public plan option and was condemned by the HMO lobby.
She detests the mandatory public plan, but says she would accept some form of triggered version.
Studies show most the population is now covered by some private or public plan.
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Now pro-choice groups have tried to include comprehensive coverage under the public plan.
This public plan, "DirigoChoice, " was supposed to expand care to all 128, 000 of Maine's uninsured by 2009.
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Senate negotiators are trying to come up with a bipartisan compromise to solve the public plan impasse.
You will also have as one of those choices a public plan, just like Medicare is a public plan.
Meanwhile Max Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said his panel too will probably back a public plan.
If they fail, the president would be obliged to submit a public plan proposal to Congress for speedy consideration.
Obama said he was hopeful that an efficiently run public plan could help push private insurers to make similar cost-cutting moves.
He suggested that a public plan should come into force only if an initial attempt to reform private insurance markets fails.
If there is not even a hint of a public plan, liberals like Senator Russ Feingold and Jay Rockefeller may stomp off.
Polls show support from Democrats plunging if no public plan is included.
You will have access to a public plan that will provide a stable, competitive alternative to private insurance if that is your choice.
Senator MAX BAUCUS (Democrat, Montana, Chairman Senate Finance Committee): I think some version of the public plan will pass the committee and the Senate.
Somehow... the idea of the public plan became the sine qua non of meaningful reform for a very vocal portion of the Democratic intellectual elite.
Grassley has been outspoken in opposition to the public plan option.
What ever happened to asking questions about the quality of care, the cost of insurance, the impact of any public plan on the health care system?
Concerned that moderate Democrats may vote against any final health bill containing such a controversial public plan, the administration this week softened its support for the notion.
Robert Reich, a labour secretary under Bill Clinton, this week declared that leftists must march in support of the public plan in Washington, DC, on September 13th.
The ad goes on to cite a letter signed by 41 senators who say they want to include a public plan in the so-called "fix it" bill.
Maine's Olympia Snowe, a lone Republican supporting Democratic efforts, wants to see a public plan triggered only after a few years, and only if private competition fails.
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Many groups - including the AMA - have expressed concern that a public plan would have competitive advantages that would ultimately drive private insurers out of the market.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurers to offer insurance to all residents in the United States who do not currently have coverage through either their job or a public plan.
He said AMA opposed expanding Medicare coverage for senior citizens into a broader general public plan, noting the plan is "going broke" and fails to cover the costs of participating doctors.
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