Obama Administration Caving In on Health Care Public Option

Rod Online  Aug 17 09

After jettisoning single payer and universal health care insurance during the primaries, President Barack Obama and his Administration now say the so-called health care insurance "public option", considered the most important element of health care reform by most progressives and... Full story...

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