The most disputed part of the bill is a "public option" for individuals and small businesses.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Opponents of the Sherman Anti-Trust Bill said its purpose was not to destroy trusts, but to make the public believe that trusts would be destroyed.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Liberal Democrats, including Speaker Pelosi, insist that a public option must be part of any bill eventually passed by Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called a strong public option "essential" for any bill to pass in the House.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

And even some Democrats have been debating whether a reform bill should include a government-run insurance plan, known as a "public option."

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

There were similar comments from Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J.Crowley, who joined Kerry in denying the bill would impinge on Pakistan's sovereignty.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she believes it is essential that a government-sponsored public option be part of any bill, if it is to be passed by the House.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Using new public exchanges or marketplaces,a feature found in both bills, House lawmakers included such a government option in their bill, with rates to be negotiated by the government.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

President Obama has said the public health insurance plan would operate just like private plans and that any bill he signs will have to reduce costs and provide affordable choices to the uninsured.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

A small community of design firms and regulators in North Carolina is currently testing the model, and after this trial period, it will be available free to the public on Bill Hunt's university faculty webpage.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Reid admitted that by including a public option in the Senate's health care reform bill, he likely would lose the support of Olympia Snowe of Maine the only Republican senator who might vote for the legislation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Republicans are hoping for a replay of the 1994 midterm elections, when they won control of both the House and Senate in large part because of public opposition to the health-care-reform plan put forward by another Democrat in the White House,Bill Clinton.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16