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Health bill's prospects improve

Obama urges Senate Dem to pass bill; Lieberman signals support if buy-in plan is dropped.

 

Obama praises Senate deal on public option

44 | President calls Senate plan "a creative new framework" to provide coverage to uninsured without relying on government insurance option.

 

Centrist Senators Say They Oppose Health Care Bill

Two centrist senators, Ben Nelson and Joseph I. Lieberman, said that they were opposed the bill as it is currently written, particularly its inclusion of a new government-run insurance program.

 

Public Option May Be Added to Health Bill

The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, has told colleagues that he may include a government-run health insurance plan in a health care bill he will soon take to the Senate floor.

 

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