Public Option Will Have Same Problems As Medicare Says Former CBO Head

Former Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Holtz-Eakin says, during a conference call Monday hosted by the Galen Institute, that a public option will not aid in solving the fundamental problems of health care, and if it were to reimburse on the basis of medicare payment rates it would only add to the problem. (0:25)
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Pelosi: Trigger Option Just An Excuse

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the idea of a “trigger” for a public option is an ineffective distraction in the health care reform debate. (0:17)
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