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Congress Will Be Fast on the Trigger to Get a Health Bill Passed
November 25, 2009
Even though at most a public insurance option would enroll between four and six million people, it nevertheless has become the flash point of disagreement among moderate Republicans (like Senator Snowe, R-ME), centrist Democrats (like Blanche Lincoln, D-NE), Independents (Joseph Lieberman, I-CT) and more liberal Democrats (like Roland Burris, D-IL). Despite its red herring status (see my immediately previous post) a compromise must be struck to save health care reform.