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

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

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"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.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Mr Obama disappointed liberals by ruling out a single-payer system and dropping the public option (a plan for a government-run scheme to compete with the insurance companies).

ECONOMIST: Obama and the mid-terms

Until late last year this was mostly a one-time decision--once you picked an investment option for a 529 plan you were pretty much stuck with it, unless you were willing to engage in some fancy maneuvers, such as switching beneficiaries while rolling the account from one state plan to another.

FORBES: Early Decision

So, for example, just because a business calls an executive benefit a stock option or a severance pay plan doesn't necessarily remove the plan from the sweep of the law.

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