Thursday, February 18, 2010

Clyburn: Public option 'could very well' return to health reform bill - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Clyburn: Public option 'could very well' return to health reform bill - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room: "A public insurance option 'could very well' be a part of the final health legislation, the third-ranking House Democrat said Thursday.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said the government-run plan, which had been scrapped in order to win over centrists' votes in the Senate, could reemerge if the Senate were to use a procedural tactic to pass a set of additional health reforms with only a simple majority vote.

'So I think so far as the public option is concerned, if you're going to do a 50-vote or a 50-plus-one strategy, rather than a 60-vote strategy, I'm not too sure that the public option cannot be a part of this plan,' Clyburn said during an appearance on MSNBC."

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