Column: The Public Option Contradiction

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Kaiser Health News Columnist James Capretta writes "President Barack Obama continues to send conflicting signals on standing up a new, government-run insurance option for working age Americans. The president has said repeatedly that he would prefer to see the so-called 'public option' included in the health-care bills under consideration in the House and Senate -- but he also said it is not a deal breaker if the public option is left on the cutting room floor. Not exactly a statement of firm conviction. Still, even this lukewarm endorsement of another government-run insurance plan is hard to square with the president's other statements and positions on health care reform" (10/1).

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