Government Insurance 'Trigger' Draws Bipartisan Criticism in Health Care Debate - Political News - FOXNews.com: "Conservatives and liberals alike are puncturing the latest trial balloon in the health care reform debate, finding flaws with a proposal that would keep a government-run health insurance plan on reserve in case private insurance companies don't meet certain benchmarks.
The so-called 'trigger' has been floated by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, a member of the 'gang of six' Senate negotiators who are trying to broker a bipartisan compromise. Under such an option, if agreed-upon goals are not met by the insurance industry, then that would pull the trigger on government-run insurance.
It's unclear whether President Obama will address the idea when he delivers a high-stakes health care address to Congress Wednesday night. But even as the White House signals it's open to considering alternatives to a hard-and-fast 'public option,' administration officials and congressional negotiators are hard-pressed to find an alternative that could win more votes than it loses."
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