Harry Reid: Public Option Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Posted by Staff on September 10, 2009 |

By Justin Duckham-Talk Radio News Service

According to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), health care reform legislation that includes the public option can pass through the Senate, although what form the public option will take remains to be seen.

“The public option is in the eye of the beholder. There are different types of public option. We’re going to look at all of them,” Reid stated during a press conference with Senate Democratic leaders Thursday.

The Senate Finance Committee is pursuing a non profit insurance co-op as an alternative to a public option styled after Medicare, a plan the Majority Leader finds acceptable.

“If we can come up with a [co-op] that… makes more competition and makes insurance companies honest, I think it will fill the bill,” said Reid.

The Majority Leader said he would like to have health care reform legislation reach the floor by the Thanksgiving recess, if not earlier.

September 10, 2009
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