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Senate panel debates public option

Sep. 29, 2009
A Senate committee debating the only compromise health care bill so far took on the most contentious issue Tuesday: whether to include a government-run public health insurance option that is opposed by Republicans and some moderate Democrats.
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler