WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers backing a public health insurance option for citizens should be required to enroll in it themselves, House Republicans say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent Friday trying to debunk speculation she lacks the votes for a so-called robust public option for healthcare reform.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Top Democrats are leaning toward including a publicly funded health insurance option in a healthcare reform bill in the U.S. Senate, sources said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Senate Democratic leaders, pressed by the party's liberal wing, are considering reviving a public option in the U.S. healthcare reform bill, lawmakers said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., kicked up her push for a divisive public healthcare insurance plan, saying it "saves the most money."
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Healthcare cooperatives could be as effective as a government-run public health insurance option, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A public health insurance option may have to be axed from the U.S. House healthcare bill so it can pass, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A leader of fiscally conservative Democrats in the U.S. House says he's backing away from a healthcare reform proposal he supported before the August recess.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The White House and Senate Democrats are leaning toward a "trigger" that would delay a public option as part of any U.S. healthcare reform, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Thursday said the U.S. House will not pass healthcare reform legislation that does not include "a strong public option."
