President Barack Obama has apparently pulled the plug on "public option" government-run healthcare.
His remarks at the town hall meeting held Tuesday in Portsmouth, N.H., echoed other Democrats' signals that any healthcare reform bill making its way out of Congress this fall will not include a taxpayer-subsidized insurance system – or at least, not one Democrats in Congress will admit to.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Obama in Full Retreat on Healthcare Public Option
Newsmax reports: