Sebelius:"Nothing Has Changed" About White House Support for "Public Option"
The Obama administration on Tuesday insisted that "nothing has changed" about its support for a government-run health insurance plan, after liberal Democrats threatened to abandon a health care reform bill that doesn't include the so-called "public option." Liberal members of the party had protested after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and President Obama in public remarks over the weekend referred to the option of a government-run plan as a non-essential element of reform....