Government health insurance option appears doomed (AP)

January 10, 2010 5:40 am | business

FILE - In this July 31, 2009 file photo,  Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., second from left,and others, listen to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., center right, speak during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Becerra, D-Calif., Hoyer, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C.  Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP – Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers.


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