Negotiators mull public option in health care bill (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 10/22/2009 - 7:17pm

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo Senate Finance Committee member Sen.<br /><br />Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., holds up a report about underpayment to consumers during the markup of health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington.<br /><br />Despite promises by President Barack Obama, more than 70 million Americans lucky enough to have health coverage through their jobs could be open to higher costs or denials of coverage under a leading health overhaul proposal making its way through Congress.<br /><br />'I want to make very clear that we cannot promise the American people that the insurance reforms they have been hearing so much about will benefit everyone', Rockefeller said, 'when the reality is that this bill leaves out 46 percent of the American people and 42 percent of West Virginians.' (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Senior Senate Democrats at work with White House officials on health care legislation are strongly considering a requirement for the federal government to sell insurance in direct competition with private industry, officials said Thursday, with individual states permitted to drop out of the system.



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