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Reid Floats Public Option Compromise to Moderates

By Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 22, 2009, 3:24 p.m.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) appears to be urging fellow Democrats to support a national public insurance option that states could opt out of as part of a broader health care reform bill, but several crucial swing votes are not yet on board.

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