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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 11:01 AM
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Schakowsky: 'Nothing has changed' on public option
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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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/schakowsky-nothing-has-changed-on-public-option-push-2009-08-18.html
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 11:22 AM
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1. Has anything changed? Has nothing changed? That's all up to the Congressional Dems.
Edited on Tue Aug-18-09 11:23 AM by damntexdem
So let's see -- has the wind changed? ;-)

Please, please, Congressional Dems, prove me too cynical about you! I would really love to abjectly beg your pardon -- really, I would!
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