Sebelius touts Obama's Public Option Plan

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OMAHA, Neb. – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday that Americans need a new government-sponsored insurance plan to guarantee choice and competition — especially in rural America.

"What the president feels is important is to have some competition and to have a choice," Sebelius said at a round-table discussion in Omaha, where she delivered a sales pitch for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Her appearance was part of an aggressive new administration push to build a groundswell of public support for action by Congress in time for Obama to sign legislation in the fall.

Obama himself brought the same message to heartland voters on Thursday during a town hall meeting in Green Bay, Wis.

Sebelius said there seems to be broad agreement that the nation's health care system is broken, but there's less agreement about what needs to be done to fix it.

The new public plan option — favored by Obama but opposed by Republicans — is just one potential piece of sweeping health care legislation taking shape in Congress, but it's proving a big stumbling block.

Sebelius said that in rural parts of the country — Nebraska's sparsely populated Sandhills, for example — a reasonably priced private plan may not be available. That's where a government-backed plan could play a key role, she said.

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1. Sell it Gurl!

But let's hope your year-end bonus isn't contingent upon your success. I know: call it the "False Choices Tour" and it's sure to catch fire.