The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, has told colleagues that he may include a government-run health insurance plan in a health care bill he will soon take to the Senate floor.
Public Option May Be Added To Health Bill
By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, New York Times
Thu, 10/22/2009 - 8:33pm
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