The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama, urged by Democrats, is headed for Congress in an effort to bring the party together on health care reform:
“Sixty is the precise number needed to overcome Republican stalling tactics in the 100-member Senate. Reid will need all 58 of the Senate’s Democrats along with its two independents….
“A new idea being discussed is a national nonprofit insurance plan that would be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees the well-liked Federal Employees Health Benefits Program….
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“Liberals have been cool to the proposal, as they hold out for a fully government-run plan.”
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