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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The sessions gave clues to the final provisions of the bill, which added to a sharp decline in financial shares.

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The final bill includes provisions that can get junk food out of schools, nourish more kids who need healthful meals and motivate them and their parents to adopt healthful eating and exercise habits.

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At the same time, however, the Nikkei (optimistically, we must think) urges that the delay be taken as an opportunity to write into the final proposal some essential provisions that were nuanced or avoided in the draft.

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