But insurance companies and conservatives in Congress say the so-called public option would mean unfair competition.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

But labor unions and progressive groups tried to defeat her for opposing a "public option."

VOA: special.2010.06.12

You have the option of just eating one." Kristi Cunningham says she and Sam Whitfield hope to expand Curbside Cupcakes within Washington and to surrounding areas.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

In 2008,the giant Coca-Cola Company bought 40 percent of Honest Tea and has the option of buying it all in 2011.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

Mr.Obama's own party is split on the issue, with liberal Democrats insisting on the public option and moderate Democrats rejecting it.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Another option,he says, is to put the waste aside and dispose of it properly when resources are available.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

"I would promote this place to any young person that wanted to change themselves and find another option."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Conservative Democrats and most Republicans are skeptical of a public option, saying it would lead to nationalized health care in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"And the message to every country, I think,is that doing nothing is no longer an option."

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

But as analysts Charles Kupchan of the Council on Foreign Relations points out, security and political considerations rule out such an option in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Danny Jordaan says the vuvuzelas are being evaluated on an ongoing basis and that a ban is an option "if there are grounds to do so."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

Trains are fuel efficient, they relieve traffic and airport congestion and they also reduce our dependence on foreign oil, making passenger trains the safer,cleaner, greener transportation option."

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Democrats and Republicans present sharply divergent views on the so-called "public option".

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

And there is another option available as well private insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Of course,the biggest difference between the two bills, and one likely to cause the most friction in House-Senate negotiations, involves the so-called "public option" or competing insurance the government would offer.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25