Schakowsky: 'Nothing has changed' on public option
By Mike Soraghan
Posted: 08/18/09 11:15 AM
The point person for House liberals on healthcare says she trusts that President Barack Obama's support for a "public option" in the health reform bill remains strong.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus's healthcare task force, said she was reassured by the White House that the president isn't weakening his position.
"I take the administration at its word and the word is that nothing has changed," Schakowsky said.
Schakowsky said she received a "question and answer" memo Monday from the White House that laid out the president's support for a government-run option that would compete with private insurers.
The memo said that "nothing has changed" and Obama views the public option as the "best way" to achieve his healthcare goals.
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