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House Democrats Unveil Healthcare Bill, including Public Option

Earlier this week, it was the Senate . President Obama pitched healthcare reform again today, this time to an audience of small business owners.  Meantime, Democrats in the House announced it will take up its own version of a government plan to compete with private insurance.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Earlier this week, it was the Senate. President Obama pitched healthcare reform again today, this time to an audience of small business owners. Meantime, Democrats in the House announced it will take up its own version of a government plan to compete with private insurance. Speaker Nancy Pelosi made compromises to get the votes of moderates in her own party. Republicans said her plan came "lurching out of the back rooms…like another freight train of big government with more mandates and more spending and that's not what the American people want in healthcare reform." With debate to begin in both houses, we hear the pros and cons of the "public option" and other issues. If Independent Joe Lieberman won't go along, will a filibuster kill healthcare reform in the Senate?

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    architecture critic and author

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    Karen Radziner

    Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Susan Dentzer

    Health Affairs journal

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    Roger Hickey

    Campaign for America's Future

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    James Gelfand

    Senior Manager of Health Policy, US Chamber of Commerce

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