The last health care reform bill is out of committee and now it's up to all of Congress to reconcile the many bills floating around into one piece of legislation to be voted on and--hopefully--signed into law. But there are many questions left to answer before the process is
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over, including the one most important to progressives: will the bill contain a strong public option? On our roundtable, we have Paul Waldman from The American Prospect, Adam Thompson from the Progressive States Network, Representative Raul Grijalva, co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus, and Sharon Lerner, contributor to The Nation and author of The War On Moms: Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation. They discuss the many options for the public option, including the new suggestion of an opt-out provision that would let states choose not to take part in a public health care plan. Will Blue Dogs really vote against their own party? And will conservative Senate Democrats really support a Republican filibuster? Are triggers or opt-outs worse as public option compromises? Our guests try to answer.
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