Reid said that the legislation he is proposing would allow states not to participate in the public option.

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But other people, in fact probably a larger percentage, default to the top option here: that these are personal health issues rather then public health issues; that people are making choices about what they eat, if they make bad choices it's their fault.

不过另一些人,确切说是很大一部分人,把问题归咎于以上几个选项,这是个人健康问题而不是公共健康问题,人们自由选择想吃的东西,即使做了不正确的选择也是他们自己的错

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Republicans argue a government plan, also known as the public option, would undermine the private insurance industry.

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"We have 10 percent that we have to work on, and we can do that." In his speech, Mr.Obama is expected to campaign for what is called the public option a government-run health insurance plan which would compete with private insurers.

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

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

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But there is strong resistance in the Senate to a public option.

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

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"I believe that a public option can achieve the goal of bringing meaningful reform to our broken system,"

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

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Most contentious was the proposal for a government-run insurance option, also known as a public option, to give Americans a choice over private insurance companies.

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

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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.

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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.

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Liberals within the Democratic Party have been fighting for a public option, saying that it is the only way to spur private insurance companies to keep costs down and offer affordable plans to consumers.

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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.

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Members of the House Progressive Caucus have vowed to fight to keep this public option in any final legislation that emerges, along with other provisions they say are needed to protect lower and middle-income Americans and hold insurance companies accountable.

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In a statement on Monday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the president is pleased that the Senate has decided to include a public option, and that he supports it because it has the potential to hold insurance companies accountable through choice and competition.

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