Republican governors: ‘Opt out’ unworkable

From: The Washington Times | November 22, 2009 

AUSTIN, Texas | Even with the "opt-out" option, Republican governors who gathered here last week weren't buying in to President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. While some GOP governors embraced Mr. Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus program earlier this year, the attendees at the annual meeting of the Republican Governors Association were standing unanimously with their congressional counterparts against the Democratic health care reform bills being considered in Congress. A compromise devised by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, to let states "opt out" of offering the government-financed "public" insurance option - among the most ...

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