White House appears ready to drop 'public option'

Sunday, August 16, 2009

WASHINGTON Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public, President Barack Obama's administration signaled Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.

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