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Weiner says health plan without public option won't fly
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During an appearance this morning on CNBC, Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) stated that a health care reform bill that does not contain a government-sponsored health insurance plan would not pass in Congress. Mr. Weiner, who sits on the House judiciary and energy and commerce committees, noted that 100 members of the House believe that a government-sponsored health care insurance plan will help keep insurance rates down and that any attempts by the President Obama to dump the public option as part of a deal with the Senate would cost him votes in the House. Mr. Weiner personally favors a single-payer plan. "A public plan tethered to Medicare will help bring down rates", said Mr. Weiner. Published reports in the Associated Press and the New York Times over the weekend state that the Obama administration may be moving away from a government-sponsored plan. Yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius noted that a public option was only a sliver of the president's health care reform policy.
