No Public Option In Health Care Bill

[dtotire]

Aides to President Barack Obama are putting the final touches on a new strategy to help

Under fire, President Obama shifts strategy

Democrats recover from a brutal August recess by specifying what Obama wants to see in a compromise health care deal and directly confronting other trouble spots, West Wing officials tell POLITICO.

Obama is considering detailing his health-care demands in a major speech as soon as next week, when Congress returns from the August recess. And although House leaders have said their members will demand the inclusion of a public insurance option, Obama has no plans to insist on it himself, the officials said.

“We’re entering a new season,” senior adviser David Axelrod said in a telephone interview. “It’s time to synthesize and harmonize these strands and get this done. We’re confident that we can do that. But obviously it is a different phase. We’re going to approach it in a different way. The president is going to be very active.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26672.html

[lamp_shade]

1. Ahhhhhh.... Politico.

[JeanGrey]

2. It is in many major newsoutlets. Believe it.

He caved.

[lamp_shade]

9. No he didn't. See Post #4.

[JeanGrey]

10. Stop it. It's everywhere. Not just Politico.

He caved.

[fasttense]

3. Politico is published by a banking family that was tied to a money laundering scheme.

I wouldn't trust their reporting to be bias free.

[babylonsister]

4. Politico? they have an agenda, and it's r/w. Here's a different conclusion...

snip//

"he will say that his preferred mechanism remains a government-subsidized public health insurance option"

http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/09/something_new_on_health_care_ultimatums_from_the_president.php

[elleng]

5. No 'public option' in bill, or speech?

[Captain Hilts]

6. This sux...

FDR: This bites the big one...
ER: Yes, dear, it really sux

[fascisthunter]

7. it's not over until WE say it's over

nice try Politico

[excess_3]

8. Profiles in Courage, former Senator Barack ...

Profiles in Courage, former Senator Barack Obama
deserves to be the ninth chapter of this famous book
for his courageous decision to take the easiest
way out.