WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The Senate Finance Committee defeated two amendments Tuesday that would have created a government-run option in an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system.
The panel rejected amendments offered by Sens. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who both said a public option was the best way to give consumers an affordable choice in health insurance and keep private insurance companies in check, The Washington Post reported.