Government health insurance option appears doomed (AP)

January 9, 2010 6:43 pm | business

President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters about green jobs and manufacturing, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington .President Barack Obama, eager to sign a health care overhaul bill into law, is highlighting some of the changes that would come in the first year and would forever ban 'the worst practices of the insurance industry.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)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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